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
>