Ed Hulett -> Mimi Gallandt wrote:

 MG>>>> There are many things today that would amaze daddy, not
the least of
 MG>>>> which is how the Disney Corp has ruined Walt's dream.

 EH>>> I'm sure he would.

 MG>> Walt built Disneyland "for the child in all of us",
there's very
 EH> little
 MG>> magic left in the Magic Kingdom. I think the idea behind California
 MG>> Adventure was a good idea that failed in the execution.

 EH> California usually ruins anything that was once a good idea. :-)

I think it's a safe bet that you and I are never going to agree about
California, but what I was talking about is Disney's California Adventure.
There are now 2 parks at the Disneyland Resort. IIRC Orlando's Disney has
five parks in its resort. I, personally *LOVE* California Adventure, but
*I* know a lot of CA's history which enhances the experience for me. What I
meant about it being a good idea that failed in its execution is that DCAA
doesn't really have much appeal to people between the ages of 10 and 30
whereas Disneyland was, as I said before, built "for the child in all
of us"

 MG>>>> I'm not sure that daddy would be all that impressed with cell
 EH>>> phones, he was a licensed
 MG>>>> Ham radio operator and cell phones use the same sound waves that
 EH> Hams
 MG>>>> do/did (do Hams still exist?)

 EH>>> I'm a licensed HAM operator. I hold a Amateur General Class HAM
 MG>> license.
 EH>>> And yes, we still exist. :-)

 EH>>> Cellphones use parts of the 800, 900, 1900MHz and 3GHz bands.

 EH>>> HAMs have privileges in parts of those bands as well for
 EH>>> experimentation. There is no conflict between the two services,
 MG>> though.

 MG>> I didn't phrase my thought well, I meant that cell phones are a
 EH> natural
 MG>> progression from shortwave (HAM) radios, not that they use the same
 MG>> bands as HAMs.

 EH> The cellphone as we know it today was invented in Israel. HAMs have had

I hope you won't be disappointed when you read this and learn that doesn't
surprise me; Israel is on the cutting edge of technology. Like San Diego
has always been on the edge of aerospace technology. There's a building on
Pacific Highway (not to be confused with Pacific Coast Highway) that today
hosts Spa War (something being done by McDonald Douglas), in its
incarnation just previous to Spa War it was General Dynamics between that
incarnation and its incarnation during WWII when it was Convair there have
been other aerospace companies in that same building.

 EH> the technology quite a bit longer. VHF and UHF radios still have a DTMF
 EH> keypad on them just like a telephone. I can make a phone call using my
 EH> VHF/UHF radio as long as I access a repeater with a phone patch. The
 EH> only problem is everyone else can here the conversation. It is also
 EH> against regulations to use HAM radio for commercial use. Most HAMs use
 EH> VHF/UHF phone patches to call and tell their non-HAM spouse that they
 EH> are on their way home or some such.

 EH> As the ARRL motto goes, "When all else fails, Amateur Radio."

I know that when really big disasters happen it's the Hams who get things moving.


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