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Skriven 2010-04-08 08:41:00 av TOM WALKER (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av SEAN DENNIS
Ärende: Ham Radio in the Age of T
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SD>I'm hoping to be running Field Day by myself on a borrowed Yaesu FT-817 at 5
SD>watts QRP in a park a block from my house.  I'll be using a G5RV in the tree
SD>running class 1E with a power multiplier of 5. <G>  I'm prepared for it!

I used to help the El Cajon Calif Ham club set up on Friday as I was
avilable but cannot handle the work now days. About three minutes of
anyhing even resembling work and I am finished for a couple of hours.
After a little over 15 Years of volunteering in the Maintenance area of
the Pacific South Railway Museum I had to give that up also. And last
year I left the San Diego county Sheriffs Volunteer Patrol program after
10 years. Working the keyboard is mostly my exercise. And of course for
most oldsters I get most of my exercise form "Jumping to Conclusions"
:-)  :-)


SD>Something else that many people don't realize that here in the US, when they
SD>hear about a localized severe weather watch/warning, the chances are very go
SD>that it was a trained SKYWARN weather spotter and ham that sent the NWS the
SD>data they needed to declare that watch.  Doppler radar is actually pretty lo
SD>predicting anything 50 or miles more away due to the earth's curvature.

There are also the "Toranado Chasers" and here in Fire Country there are
the "Red Flag Patrols" that most don't know about.

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