Text 161, 55 rader
Skriven 2006-04-28 12:24:00 av Michiel van der Vlist (2:280/5555)
    Kommentar till text 160 av Thom LaCosta (1:261/1352.0)
Ärende: Still alive ??
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Hello Thom.

28 Apr 06 05:51, you wrote to me:

 MvdV>> no way to automatically *remeove* an echo. So it looks like the
 MvdV>> dead echos keep being recreated by people occasionally sending
 MvdV>> "hello anyone here" messages....

 TL> That might explain a lot.

 TL> But, sad to say, as interesting as the discussion might be, it's off
 TL> topic and we need to no longer post about it.

QSL.

 TL> So, are you on HF at all?

Not presently. I have been very active in the past, but at present I have no HF
antenna. I toook the last one down when painting the house last year. I plan to
put it up again when I finish the painting job this summer....

 TL>   I operate about 99 % cw and when using voice, I only do that when my
 TL> brother and I are doing something that requires us to talk while
 TL> driving.

I am not a CW man. I got my first lisence in 1965 (VHF and up). I finally took
the CW test in 1969 ad that allowed me to be on HF. Honestty compells me to
admit, the only reason I did the test was I wanted HF. I tried to keep up by
occasionally making a CW contact, but in the end I gave up. CW is just not for
me I guess. But I remainded active long after I gave p CW. Mainly on 20 and 10
meters.

I have also been very active on 2 meters and I still have a rig operational in
the car. I once was the guardian of the local 2m FM repeater. Until some 15
years ago. Then some other group wanted to take over and so I let go. I got
tired of it anyway and so I figured it would be ok if someone else pulled the
cart for a while.

When I was in charge, the repeater was in use most of the time except for the
wee hours. Now, it is mostly idle. That is not to say the new guys are doing
less of a job than I did, it is just that activity has decreased....

 TL> While I've accumulated some RL Drake gear, I never use it.  My main
 TL> rig is the Elecraft K2.

Actually most of my hours as a ham now are spent on conference tables. I am a
member of the committee that negotiates on a regular bassis on behalf of the
ham community with the powers that be over the license conditions and such. Now
that I write that down I realize I have already been doing that for over
fifteen years now...

Michiel

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