-=> Daryl Stout wrote to Jimmy Anderson <=-

 DS>   It wasn't pleasant to say the least...although with appointments with
 DS> my PCP, urologist, and podiatrist, I got pretty good reports.

That is good news!!!

 JA>We DID go and had a blast! We learned a lot - picked up a couple of study
 JA>guides as well. Later that night I was THIS close to ordering a couple of
 JA>Boefeng $30 radios from Amazon when I looked at the specs. Turns out the
 JA>TYT radios we bought my wife last year are similiar and have the same
 JA>frequencies! So no need to buy new radios. :-)

 DS>   That'll help. Years ago, there was a "DC To Daylight"
rig being sold
 DS> at Dayton Hamvention (the "Ham Radio Mecca") for
$17,000!! Now, I could
 DS> outfit a nice shack for $17,000, but NOT for one rig.

LOL - I hear ya!

 JA>I've programmed several local reapeaters in and heard some traffic tonight!
 JA>So exciting - LOL

 DS>   Nowadays, if you don't have programming cable and software, it'll
 DS> take forever and a day to get it programmed.

Yeah - I don't even KNOW how to program without CHIRP and the cable. :-)

Also, the repeater book doesn't have the correct data for the repeater owned
by the club we visited with last week, plus there are several in the area
that are not even in the repeater book... When we travel I'm not sure what
we'll do... I guess I'll use what's in the book and maybe that will at
least be enough traffic to keep me chatting. :-)


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