Yeah, just talking about 10 FM makes me wish 'ol Sol would get on the stick.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2008 10:18 PM
Subject: Re: Most Memorable Ham Experiences


Steve,

We had one repeater back in the good old 10 FM days with a link to 29.6
simplex and we worked all kinds of guys that way.  It was fun.

Phil.
K0NX



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2008 7:08 PM
Subject: Re: Most Memorable Ham Experiences


> Another fun thing about 10 FM when the sunspot cycle is up, is walking
around
> or bussing around with a HT on a 2-meter or 440 linked repeater to a
10-meter
> repeater.  I remember doing that in Spokane and getting quite a few people
> curious when they heard this foreign accent on my radio.
>
> Steve
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2008 6:45 PM
> Subject: Re: Most Memorable Ham Experiences
>
>
> Eric,
>
> I worked a lot of 10 FM during the eighties and it really was a lot of fun
> working both repeaters all over the world and especially the semplex
> frequencies and the direct contacts made there.  I worked a Russian
> satellite on 29.5 once, too.  You sent your call sign on a lower
frequency,
> listened on 29.5 semplex and if it heard you, it sent your call sign back
to
> you in the continuous strings of numbers and letters it sent all the time.
>
> Phil.
> K0NX
>
>
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