02-21-15 16:42 Daryl Stout wrote to ED VANCE about Re: Older             2/3

 DS> {at}MSGID: 
 DS> (Continued from previous message)
Howdy! Again Daryl,
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 DS>   While some may consider that "a bit racy", I've heard of far
 DS> more raunchy stuff on portions of 75 meters. I would refer to

Yes, I consider it in poor taste in this FIDO echo.
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 EV>Is a Air Card used with a Mac Computer?

 DS>   Actually, this is a Verizon Mi-Fi card with a Compaq Laptop,
 DS> with Windows Vista Home Basic on it, that I bought at a hamfest

Thanks.

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

 DS>   It used to be that you had to log everything, and have a
 DS> certain amount of time with a CW keyer, or other mode, to keep
 DS> your license. The only time logs are used now, are for stations
 DS> who want to...and for the contesters...that part of the hobby
 DS> never appealed to me. But, there's something in the hobby for
 DS> everybody.

As I told Tom, I am one of those who "want to" keep Logs of my use of
Ham Radio.

 DS>   I understand that there are 2 big RTTY contests each year,
 DS> and I did do some PSK31 while on CQ100. That (along with
 DS> HamSphere) are "virtual ionospheres for ham radio", where NO RF
 DS> OCCURS...but both have a yearly fee (around $40, last time I
 DS> checked). But, what it does, is that it lets you practice as if
 DS> it WAS actual RF...and working with various programs. So, if
 DS> and when one COULD set up an RF station, and get on the air,
 DS> you would look and sound like a real pro, like you had been
 DS> doing such for years.

When it comes to paying out my money, I'm Cheap, I do a lot of thinking
before I'd let 40 Dollars slide away.

 DS>   If renewal meant retesting, ham radio would've died out long
 DS> ago.

Although the Friendy Country Cousin (F.C.C.) sometimes will ask a Ham
to do that, won't they?
73

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