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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