-=> Daryl Stout wrote to Jimmy Anderson <=-   
      
    DS>   It wasn't pleasant to say the least...although with appointments with   
    DS> my PCP, urologist, and podiatrist, I got pretty good reports.   
      
   That is good news!!!   
      
    JA>We DID go and had a blast! We learned a lot - picked up a couple of study   
    JA>guides as well. Later that night I was THIS close to ordering a couple of   
    JA>Boefeng $30 radios from Amazon when I looked at the specs. Turns out the   
    JA>TYT radios we bought my wife last year are similiar and have the same   
    JA>frequencies! So no need to buy new radios. :-)   
      
    DS>   That'll help. Years ago, there was a "DC To Daylight" rig being sold   
    DS> at Dayton Hamvention (the "Ham Radio Mecca") for $17,000!! Now, I could   
    DS> outfit a nice shack for $17,000, but NOT for one rig.   
      
   LOL - I hear ya!   
      
    JA>I've programmed several local reapeaters in and heard some traffic tonight!   
    JA>So exciting - LOL   
      
    DS>   Nowadays, if you don't have programming cable and software, it'll   
    DS> take forever and a day to get it programmed.   
      
   Yeah - I don't even KNOW how to program without CHIRP and the cable. :-)   
      
   Also, the repeater book doesn't have the correct data for the repeater owned   
   by the club we visited with last week, plus there are several in the area   
   that are not even in the repeater book... When we travel I'm not sure what   
   we'll do... I guess I'll use what's in the book and maybe that will at   
   least be enough traffic to keep me chatting. :-)   
      
      
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