PC>   I guess the WWW will eventually do away with the RF'ers like me.

i wouldn't count on it... when storms come around, and they always do, and
they take out the power and wired communications lines, there is no
internet and no other way of getting word in or out unless one has a radio
with the necessary power supplied...

that is something that is so very important that many folk take for granted
and completely forget about...

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