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On Sat, 26 Aug 2006 02:29:17 -, "expeditionradio"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>And you might be a little embarassed to answer... "Well, I can't
>really just call them up like the telephone." or "It is not that easy."
REPLY FOLLOWS
If you called th
Please excuse top post - Still resetting options.
Well, for a start, you are assuming that the other person is in and
listening. ALE wont help in that case. Just like calling someone on
their mobile phone and they have it switched off, or don't answer.
Plus, who's going to keep and distribu
The asnwer is ... yes.
I can call several hams on the local repeater, on the more private 440
frequency, on a slightly more distant repeater, and of course on HF on
the "local" frequency. Local means within a few hundred miles. Oh yes,
there is also another HF frequency for the AM folks, and an
This post illustrates what I consider to be the essence of the
self-centered approach Bonnie and her group are taking. My comments are
interspersed below.
At 02:29 AM 8/26/2006 +, you wrote:
>Have you ever had a visitor to your ham shack... and they ask if you
>can call up another ham who
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On Sat, 26 Aug 2006 02:29:17 -, "expeditionradio"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Have you ever had a visitor to your ham shack... and they ask if you
>can call up another ham who they know?
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Amateur Radio is neither the telephone nor t
, August 25, 2006 9:29 PM
Subject: [digitalradio] Can You Call Another Ham On The Air? Right Now?
Have you ever had a visitor to your ham shack... and they ask if you
can call up another ham who they know?
You sit there in front of a wall of impressive radio equipment and
electronics
Have you ever had a visitor to your ham shack... and they ask if you
can call up another ham who they know?
You sit there in front of a wall of impressive radio equipment and
electronics...
And you might be a little embarassed to answer... "Well, I can't
really just call them up like the telepho
