My response when they say so and so listening it  "listening to what?   Very
seldom to I get a response but if you do that in a room full of ham
opperaters you sure get a laugh out of them all.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Freeman" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 11:40 AM
Subject: Re: Calling CQ--Thoughts from readers?


> I am a minority-of-one but I feel that one should call CQ on every band
> and in every mode.  In fact, when someone gets on the local repeater and
> says:  "So-and-so monitoring!", it is all I can do to not hit the PTT and
> say:  "So what!" or "Big hairy deal!" or an equivalent.  But I don't!
> (grin)
>
> 73/88!
>
> Mike Freeman <[log in to unmask]>
> Amateur Radio: < K 7 U I J >
>
> On Wed, 19 Sep 2001, Buddy Brannan wrote:
>
> > Hi y'all,
> >
> > So I wonder--what'd y'all think of Calling CQ? I mean, since the list
> > was down, what else was there to read? (Only kidding, of course.)
> >
> > Some thoughts from me:
> >
> > Well, I loved it! Of course, I couldn't help thinking while reading it
> > about your father saying, "When I was your age, I had to walk to
> > school! Ten miles! Through the snow! Uphill! Both ways!" But that was
> > really just sort of, I don't know,  not what I thought the tone of the
> > book was at all, it just crossed my mind. Especially with the story
> > about those guys in the lighthouse. But that book sure is full of some
> > great stories. My overriding thought was, man, there's no way I could
> > measure up to the balls some of those guys had! I mean, they did what
> > had to be done in a lot of cases, but I couldn't help but
> > think. ... Would I have the wherewithal to act in a similar way? Would
> > I have the strength of character? Would I have the ingenuity? I
> > certainly wouldn't have the ingenuity! Heck, I'd love to try my hand
> > at building something, but I can't quite figure out how I'd do the
> > soldering. But I do have a friend or two who says that they'd love to
> > help me put together some QRP gear--which sounds like loads of fun!
> > But mostly, that book just affirms to me that we have a great hobby,
> > and we have a wonderful tradition and heritage to uphold. Let no one
> > say ham radio is a boring hobby for boring old guys with boring aches
> > and pains and boring old equipment and are living in the past. Hey,
> > you gotta know the past to see the future, or something like that,
> > right?
> >
> > Vy 73,
> > --
> > Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV    | From the pines down to the projects,
> > Email: [log in to unmask] | Life pushes up through the cracks.
> > Phone: (972) 276-6360    | And it's only going forward,
> > ICQ: 36621210            | And it's never going back.--Small Potatoes
> >