It is wb6ivf and I will turn Echo-link on now. Also on Skype I am
Gerryleary
----- Original Message -----
From: "Howard Kaufman" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, October 29, 2011 4:40 AM
Subject: Re: Fun on 10 meters
> Jerry, what's your echo link node or call? I'd get it up and running
> here,
> for a QSO. I have migrated to Skype, because of the audio quality.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gerry Leary" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, October 29, 2011 5:36 AM
> Subject: Re: Fun on 10 meters
>
>
>> Hey John, I don't think that conditions are really that way. Right now I
>> have no antenna up, and Echo-link at least provides me a way to stay in
>> touch with some of the people that I might normally talk with.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Friday, October 28, 2011 7:02 AM
>> Subject: Re: Fun on 10 meters
>>
>>
>>> You'd never see me sink that low, I've been with out antennas since the
>>> end
>>> of August and lived with my "now in-laws" for a couple months a couple
>>> years
>>> ago and while I was not happy with no radio, I'd never be happy on a
>>> computer, claiming it was radio either. In fact, I'd be ashamed of
>>> myself
>>> as
>>> I am for that short time I had a simplex link up a bunch of years ago.
>>> Once
>>> I found out the mentality on there was that people are opting for that
>>> so
>>> they don't have to upgrade, or don't have to deal with band conditions
>>> and
>>> what not, I found out that's the mentality on there, made sure my
>>> callsign
>>> was out of the system for good, uninstalled the program and vowed to
>>> never
>>> go back. That's also when I let go of most of my 2 meter equipment too
>>> since
>>> too many repeaters have it on them around here and it leads to nothing
>>> but
>>> ignorance and problems. I also think those who try to demonstrate it to
>>> new
>>> hams should lose their licenses permanently, bad enough they do it but
>>> to
>>> try to get new people in to ham radio claiming that's the way, nothing
>>> like
>>> showing up at a job fair with a table advertising going on wellfare.
>>> Besides, there's always a way to manage with antennas, even if it's
>>> indoor,
>>> mobile, remote controlled, temporary like a gokit setup, someway to get
>>> on
>>> the air if you care that much about it. I'd go the indoor option here if
>>> I
>>> had anything to put indoor and wasn't going to be moving anywhere from a
>>> week to a month and that's been uncertain for the last month plus. Now
>>> that
>>> we have the car back though, I'll be working soon on putting my gokit
>>> setup
>>> in there, probably next week. Looks like I'm at my mother's Thursday for
>>> a
>>> while so I'll probably do it then so I don't have to worry about getting
>>> hit
>>> in my parking lot.
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Gerry Leary" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Friday, October 28, 2011 6:06 AM
>>> Subject: Re: Fun on 10 meters
>>>
>>>
>>>> You know some people just can't put an antenna up, and Echolink is a
>>>> welcome
>>>> invention.
>>>>
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