02-21-15 16:42 Daryl Stout wrote to ED VANCE about Re: Older             1/3

 DS> {at}MSGID: 
 DS> Ed,
Howdy! Daryl,
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 EV>The first time I heard about internet radio, I too didn't think it
 EV>was real radio, but after reading Your message I now understand the
 EV>problems some Hams face when they don't own the property their License
 EV>is listed at.

 DS>   Far more hams are getting put into this situation nowadays,
 DS> and while these are obviously "off the air" if the internet is
 DS> down, I can't see depriving them of the joy of the hobby, while
 DS> they're able to do so. I run 2 Echolink and 2 D-Star Nets a
 DS> week, and check into at least a dozen others.

 DS>   Besides, it was a lot quicker to set up a portable demo at a
 DS> mini-Field Day site (called Hamming In The Park), than to set
 DS> up a tower, antennas, coaxial cable, etc. Plus, when I did a
 DS> demo for a high school ham radio club, I pointed out to the
 DS> kids that "you don't have to worry about asking your parents if
 DS> you can put up a tower". If you have a computer, high speed
 DS> internet connection, and either a headset mic or desktop mic
 DS> and speakers...plus the appropriate ham radio license, and
 DS> required software...once you've been validated by the servers
 DS> (within 24-48 hours), you're good to go.

I suppose You must have used Your Magic Jack Cell Phone to do that demo
in the park without a Telephone Line to Your pc or a Radio.
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 DS>   Do you, Ham...take Radio...to be your lawfully wedded
 DS> spouse?? (hi hi). Seriously, I've seen a lot of instances where
 DS> one of the couple is crazy about ham radio...and the other one
 DS> couldn't care less. Did I ever send you the file on "The Triple
 DS> Play"...with "The Ham Radio Wedding", "The
Honeymoon And More",
 DS> and "Ham For The Holidays"?? If not, send me an email reminder,
 DS> and I'll send the PDF file back to you (I think the file is
 DS> around 85K in size).

Yes, I have seen them.

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

And as I wrote Tom, I wouldn't use any internet radio QSO's to try to
get an award for Worked All States.....

 DS>   I have some PDF files on D-Rats (with D-Star) and Packet Via
 DS> Telnet...and can help you get set up with Echolink. I've had a
 DS> blast on these nets...and two instances come to mind. If I've
 DS> told these to you before, my apologies. But, they show "with
 DS> friends like us, you don't need any enemies"...plus, it gives
 DS> folks something to laugh at. :)

Fire them my way, my HDD isn't full yet on this XP box.
Thanks and 73

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