>  On 08-02-97 Jeff Edmonson wrote to Mark Magill...
 >  JE> > JE> Could you also tell me the difference between saying
 >  JE> > JE> "KA5THB" on 2m or saying "KA5THB -monitoring-"?
 >  JE>
 >  JE> >      Around here, its a common way of identifying someone
 >  JE> > who's passing through from someone who sits by the radio for
 >  JE> > quite some time. I'm often by the radio for hours at night
 >  JE> > doing other things and keep an ear out for anyone who may
 >  JE> > need help.  Might be just semantics, but thats one idea of it.
 >  JE>
 >  JE> Probably is - and more than likely will fall into the
 >  JE> catagory of a mobil station saying "I've reached my
 >  JE> destination" . . .
 >  Sounds better to me, and many do it here as an
 > explaination for  signing off, than to say "I'm destinated!"
Same thing 
Hey, Bill - you ever get on HF?  I've been talking to some stations over in 
that area, nearly every morning - KA5UUQ/Novel in Pasadena, Jeff/N5ECP in the 
Deer Park area, Otis/K5SWK - and there are others in the round table that all 
meet around 8am on 3.880 +/- 5kHz.
Some of us are on AM, some SSB - there's even been CW on that frequency ;-)
Come join us, if not during the week, at least on the weekends.
   73 = Best Regards
   -Jeff KA5THB
   ka5thb@bigfoot.com
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