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Scott Gillen <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 6 Apr 2015 17:05:28 +1200
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Hi again Dave. I'm getting a Mail undeliverable reply to that email address. 

Scott

Sent from my iPhone

On 6/04/2015, at 3:35 PM, Dave Allen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hi Scott!
> 
> Great to hear from you.
> 
> For the list, send a blank message to [log in to unmask] with
> subscribe in the subject field, and I will approve it pronto.
> 
> There are a a few blind hams around, and there can be even more if we keep
> working on them.
> 
> The Foundation library used to have a cassette recording of the NZART
> examination [pool a few years ago, but it wasn't very well known when I
> requested it for someone so they had to dig it out of archives. Don't think
> it's been transferred to digital yet, and of course, cassettes are history.
> 
> I know of 6 others besides you, and with two of them having enough vision to
> rely on print, it makes increasing the amount of information a pretty hard
> slog. Perhaps you and I could be the nucleous of a new ABC affiliate or
> branch. 
> 
> One is in Auckland, Ivan Pivac but don't know his call.
> 
> Recently told the XYL she should study it because the test would be easy for
> her. She said the reason she'd never done it is it's all about voice talking
> on a radio, which she didn't want to do because it would be like talking on
> the phone that she doesn't like. I assured her she had the wrong idea.
> Granted we do that some, but it need not be a big part of how we use it if
> we choose otherwise, and there are lots of other choices there to make.
> 
> 73,
> Dave   
> 

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