Russ Wuertz wrote in a message to Ivy Iverson:
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 RW>  I would have to know the person who owns the repeater and activate
 RW> it,   and the general masses who recieve it would have to activate
 RW> it on their  side to reply.   I can invision clubs getting together
Just get the repeater directory handbook, and you'll be able to
see which repeaters are available in your area, and set up your
radio to access them...
 RW> and linking  whole regions together with a chain of these, so we
 RW> might make contact  some day.  The technology is and desire is out
 RW> there.
Already been done here in the West (probably in other places as well).
The network is called CONDOR, and links repeaters from Northern
to Southern California, and in Nevada and Arizona (that I know of).
 RW>  Challanging rank is a requirement in the military.  It would be
 RW> your  fault if I gave call letters here and I was an impostor.  You
 RW> would  look my letters up and find my age and send a QSL card right
 RW> to my  door as I should be able to do with anyone here.  I just had
 RW> a local  resident come to my door saying he had an advanced
 RW> license.  I looked him  up in the callbook data base, and his call
 RW> letters were not there.  I  almost let him in my home to look over
 RW> and tune my equipment and show  me things as he wanted that day.
WRONG!!!  If you are using an Amateur Radio Callsign illegally,
the responsibility is NO ONEs but YOURS!!!  The "FCC" issued
call and license documentation is a legal identification, and
if you DIDN'T have one (which I see that Russ Wuertz DOES) you
would be in violation of FEDERAL LAW!  Oh..  This would ALSO
apply if you were using a callsign that wasn't issued to YOU!
And another thing.  Many of the Callsign databases no longer
give an age or DOB, so why don't you answer Ivys' question
instead of being evasive about it. ?!?
My call is KB6LWN, my name is Bruce, I'm 41 and Darn Proud of it!
I'm also Male, Anglo-Saxon, Hetrosexual, and believe that ANYone
that has to play the petty game of 'wearing a mask' is an AH!
      (btw: I also speak my mind :)
As far as the person coming to your door and claiming to be an
amateur Op, ALL Amateur Radio Ops are SUPPOSED to carry the
wallet ID card/license with them at all times - you could have
simply asked to see that.  It should look SOMETHING like yours.
I've seen a LOT of "KE" and "KF" calls that are 'Advanced Class'
license holders, and it's entirely possible you looked up their
call in an older database that was issued before their call was
included, so you MAY have just slammed the door on a VERY good
learning experience.  Good 'Elmers' are nice to have around...
 RW>      I don't do business with ARRL because I have heard bad things
 RW> about      them.  I lived in Connecticut most of my life, and a
 RW> Fire Department      Leutenant called their RELAY (BED A BUG).   He
 RW> was also working as      a paramedic and had a 10 code for BUG UP
 RW> THE BUTT.
 RW>      I realize you are calling it something like a moth caught
 RW> between      relay contacts, and try to make it work.
Time to check your meds again, Russ...
 RW>      A bug in electrical terminology is a clamp that secures a wire
 RW> to      a conductor that has been stripped of its coating.   I
 RW> really do      not like the way people are being victomized via
 RW> stuffing a       microphone down their throat as soon as they open
 RW> up their mouth. 
What the HECK! are you talking about ?!?
 RW>      I see how old these "Gentlemen" are on 2 meters.  Age is not
 RW> always      an indication of maturity.
Nor is the ability to use a computer - an indication of sanity.
72.5 4 now,
           Bruce - kb6lwn@juno.com - http://www.qsl.net/kb6lwn
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