It's just another way for us to communicate.  If we can use computers to do 
packet then why not connect them to the internet.  Who knows, some smart ham 
might figure out another awesome way to use computers and radios to 
communicate.  Isn't communicating what ham radio is all about in the first 
place?

... 73 ... KD5QHH ...  Jimmy ...
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Have a great day!


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Scott" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 12:03 PM
Subject: Ham radio & computers;


> Well,
>
>   I told myself that I was not going to put my dog in this fight, However,
> When I got my ticket for the second time back in the middle eighties, one 
> of
> the things that struck me as strange, was the fact that almost every ham
> that I got acquainted with had a Vick 20 or Commodore.  And I have 
> forgotten
> what radio shacks computer was called.  Then too you must consider CQ 100.
> So it seems to me that they go hand in hand.
>
> K F 5 U B Richard
>