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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