Gery,

If you can get on 40 Meters try getting on the 3905 Century Club Net on 
7.178 every day at 7:30 PM  Eastern. Web Site 3905CCN.COM. It is a WAS and 
Awards Net. I have worked 49 states since March running 100W to a G5RV.

John  KC2QJB

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gery Gaubert" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 1:08 PM
Subject: echolink and radio


>I guess you do what you can.  I personally found echolink to be ok.  I 
>much=
> rather hf though.  Not really sure why.  I tried vhf a little but rather 
> t=
> he prospect of speaking to people far away.  I'm not having much luck.  I 
> a=
> m still waiting for a tower to be put up and a ham shack to be finished. 
> I=
> have a vertical but no radials.  I have spoken to Washington state, 
> Califo=
> rnia,  texas, Alabama, and a few other states.  No islands or over seas 
> con=
> tacts.  I don't get to spend nearly as much time on the radio as I would 
> li=
> ke.  There is work, family, and other interests that take up time.  I also 
> =
> find that where I am there isn't much on the bands after dark.  Some 
> action=
> on 80 meters but that's mostly old timers bitching about the new comers 
> an=
> d how it's not fare that they had to learn code and now you don't.  They 
> al=
> so complain about having to build radios and we don't.  I try to stay away 
> =
> from that because it isn't something I can control.  All in all I enjoy 
> the=
> hobby