02-18-15 01:19 Daryl Stout wrote to TOM WALKER about Re: Older

 DS> {at}MSGID: 
 DS> Tom,

 TW>Even after I dod get my No Code Tech at club meetings I had to endure
 TW>the "Old Timers" carping that NO Code Tech were not REAL Hams.

 DS>   Sadly, there are still too many "old timers" who refuse to
 DS> change, and embrace the new technologies. The "purists" swear
 DS> up and down that "internet radio is not ham radio". From a
 DS> technicality standpoint, they're right.

 DS>   However, with many hams (through no fault of their own, and
 DS> out of their control) are getting into situations where ham
 DS> radio gear, RF operation, antennas, etc. are strictly
 DS> prohibited...due to covenants, creeds and restrictions
 DS> (CC&R's)...medical facilities where RF devices would interfere
 DS> with medical equipment...young kids still living at home, where
 DS> their parents won't let them put up antennas, towers, etc.

Howdy! Daryl and Tom,

Thanks for taking the time to write about the problems Hams have with
CC&R's and using the internet to work stations on the air.

The first time I heard about internet radio, I too didn't think it
was real radio, but after reading Your message I now understand the
problems some Hams face when they don't own the property their License
is listed at.

It has been a long time since I've been on the air due to the wife not
liking the co-ax cables running through the doorway up to the attic to
get to where my 80 Meter and 20 Meter antennas are.

 DS>   With things like "Packet Via Telnet",
"Echolink" (via the
 DS> single user setup, or the app), "D-Star" (via DV Tools, and the
 DS> D-Rats program), they can still maintain a presence in the
 DS> hobby. In fact, that's the situation I find myself in.

You've got me thinking about using one of those internet radio programs
so I could get my Radio-Fix.
Maybe I'll try it out one day.

As is I don't know where I'd find the time.
My reading BBS Mail, E-mail and browsing the internet after reading an
article in the newsletters I get, plus the other activities I am
involved in and those Honey-Do'es, etc., fill up my day.
But at least I know from reading You writing about it, that I could get
on the Air 'radioless' from home.  Thanks.
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 DS>   Plus, I was recently able to take my laptop computer, with my
 DS> air card, a power supply, an external monitor, mouse, and
 DS> keyboard, to a ham radio club at a central Arkansas high
 DS> school, and demonstrate those modes...and also did such at a
 DS> local hamfest last year.

Is a Air Card used with a Mac Computer?
Enlighten me please.
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 DS>   Besides, if the FCC were to revoke the licenses of all hams
 DS> who did not operate RF exclusively, the death of ham radio
 DS> would come surprisingly quick.

Or if they decided to revoke license of folks like me who haven't keyed
a Mike or touched a Telegraph Key or used their PC on RTTY since their
last License renewal.
73

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