Hi Pat & List;

The simplest always works the best.

73 De Anthony W2AJV
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pat Byrne" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 6:06 PM
Subject: Re: the good old brailler


> Terry,
> I ran a weekly net for fifteen years using my Perkins.  I tried more
> sophisticated ways of doing it and kept coming back to the Perkins.
> Pat, K9JAUAt 12:42 PM 10/16/2008, you wrote:
>>Dear List,
>>
>>I was just thinking of the following scenario and how I would handle it:
>>
>>There's no electricity and I'm NCS on a vhf band during an emergency. 
>>I've
>>got emergency power to run the radio, but none to run computers, tape
>>recorders, etc.  These devices are all battery eaters, so I can't count on
>>battery power for writing things down.
>>
>>Solution:  the good old Perkins brailler with a good supply of paper! 
>>It's
>>noisy, and people in the same room might object, but the brailler is till
>>the quickest way to keep track of check-ins and handle written traffic.
>>
>>I could use a slate and stylus, but my slate skill is abysmally slow.  If
>>you slate users can act as an NCS and take down written traffic using a
>>slate and stylus and no other auxiliary recorders, please pass along your
>>secret.
>>
>>Terri Amateur Radio call sign KF6CA.


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