Re: Topband: Ukraine, Russia, and Ham Radio

2022-02-24 Thread JHDMD
Bill, I fully concur with what you say. It should be left out of the Top Band reflector. However, I do Know Russia quite well. I spent a couple of years there in the mid 1990’s at the Medical University in St. Petersburg and learned the difficult language. In the war after 911 I served as the U

Re: Topband: Ukraine, Russia, and Ham Radio

2022-02-24 Thread Chortek, Robert L.
Hi Bill, Agree 100 percent Politics has no place here. And while also I certainly have opinions on the current topic, and many others, can you imagine what a mess this would be if we all started sharper political opinions here - even if only related to ham radio? Bob/AA6VB Robert L. Cho

Re: Topband: Ukraine, Russia, and Ham Radio

2022-02-24 Thread S57AD
Can't agree more with Bill and Tree! 73 Mirko S57AD V V čet., 24. feb. 2022 ob 19:52 je oseba William Hein napisala: > Dear Ham Friends Everywhere, > > I was the founder of the TopBand list back in the '90s and ran it for a few > years before passing the baton to W4ZV who then handed off to Tre

Re: Topband: Ukraine, Russia, and Ham Radio

2022-02-24 Thread William Hein
Forgot to add, my call is AA7XT, I was AA6TT/0 when I started TopBand and was later NT1Y. Been off the air for a few years but planning a new station in a wonderful location. 73 Bill AA7XT On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 11:51 AM William Hein wrote: > Dear Ham Friends Everywhere, > > I was the founder

Topband: Ukraine, Russia, and Ham Radio

2022-02-24 Thread William Hein
Dear Ham Friends Everywhere, I was the founder of the TopBand list back in the '90s and ran it for a few years before passing the baton to W4ZV who then handed off to Tree (who's done a wonderful job managing the list, bravo, Tree). I endorse 100% Tree's policy of keeping politics off of the TopB