03-07-18 12:49 Daryl Stout wrote to ED VANCE about ARRL Requests Expanded HF   
   Howdy! Daryl,   
      
    DS> @MSGID: <5AA05D7C.1784.amtradio@capitolcityonline.net>   
    EV>Howdy! Daryl,   
      
    DS> Hi, Ed...   
      
    EV>Licensed Hams in those three Classes can still Renew their License when the   
    EV>time comes.   
    EV>I just did that in August 2017 for my Advanced Ticket.   
      
    DS>   If they did that though, it might discourage folks from putting forth   
    DS> the effort to upgrading. Admittedly, I had planned to be a Technician   
    DS> Class ham originally. But, when there was a shortage of Volunteer   
    DS> Examiners at a local hamfest several years ago, I decided to go ahead   
    DS> and upgrade, to become a Volunteer Examiner.   
      
   I haven't had the desire try for the Amateur Extra ticket.   
      
   I've not operated my station for some time but I wanted to renew the   
   license so I could get on the air if I wanted to.   
      
    DS>   As I noted in an earlier message, I am exercising the Extra Class   
    DS> privileges ONLY when I conduct, or help with, a license exam session.   
    DS> Otherwise, I'm EXCLUSIVELY in the Technician Class bands, as I enjoy   
    DS> them. I know one local ham, who is a General Class licensee...but he   
    DS> has absolutely no interest in HF. He works with emergency   
    DS> communications and runs local nets...where most of the checkins are   
    DS> Technician Class hams.   
      
   I like HF and VHF.   
   I never operated on 20M until another Ham, going to Navy Radioman School,   
   told me that I could work stations a great distance away even at Noon   
   time (we were standing in the Chow Line when he told me this).   
   So the next day I didn't go to the Chow Hall for lunch, I checked out   
   the key for the Ham Shack and tuned the rig to 20M CW, sent a CQ and was   
   answered by someone in Greenland.   
      
    EV>Those who fit in that last catagory can't prevent the reason that keeps   
    EV>them from Renewing their License.   
      
    DS>   I am amazed at the number of hams who have no clue as to when their   
    DS> license expires. Years ago, when there was still 3 CW exams, and 5   
    DS> classes of licenses...one ham realized 2 days after his license had   
    DS> lapsed (over 2 years since expiration). He called the VEC, trying to   
    DS> get it reinstated, but was told..."Sorry...you have to take all the   
    DS> exams again". From what I understand, passing the 20 wpm CW exam was   
    DS> good enough to prove you could copy 5 and 13 wpm CW.   
      
    EV>You don't have to listen to CW anymore, use the computer on the CW Bands.   
    EV>Make QSOs with a perfect fist.   
      
    DS>   My hands shake too much with the nervous system damage to use a   
    DS> keyer. I would do better typing on the keyboard (like with CQ100), and   
    DS> let the program take care of converting it, both ways.   
      
   What I meant was to use a Program that lets You type on the computer and   
   your rig sends CW for You.   
   And connect the Rcvr Audio to the computer and let it read the CW for You.   
      
   Since You have the Amateur Extra License You could have CW QSO's on any   
   part of any CW Band, and chat with Operators holding any Class of Ham   
   Radio Operator License anywhere in the World.   
      
    EV>I own a Bug but a J-38 Key fits my hand too, never tried computer CW myself   
    EV>but seen other Hams use their PC for more than keeping the Log.   
      
    DS>   I usually have the log until the new is done, except for QCWA D-Star   
    DS> Net. That one is kept for only the current month...then once the net   
    DS> manager has it, I zap it.   
      
   I've always kept a written Log of my air time.   
   I could take a notebook pc to the shack for Logging but thinking about that   
   it makes me think that it would be harder to update the Log when I used CW   
   because one of my hands would already be busy sending so it would be hard   
   (for me) to type into the Log if I had it on the computer.   
      
   I could Log on the computer easier if I was on Voice, but CW would be a   
   challenge.   
      
   I just remembered about my using a typewriter to copy CW since I learned   
   how to do that when I was in Navy Radioman School, so I maybe could enter   
   Log data during the QSO, while typing out what I hear on the speaker.   
      
    EV> EV>... Johnson & Johnson Tagline: ###############   
      
    EV> DS>   That's just a Band-Aid for a tagline that was cut and pasted into   
   he   
    EV> DS> QWK reader.    
      
    EV>It appears that OLX couldn't show that ASCII Graphic Characters my First   
   id   
    EV>Tagline used.   
      
    DS>   It's doing it for me. You hold the ALT-key while entering the number.   
      
    EV>The BandAid graphic is 5 $DB's (219), 5 $B0's (176) and 5 $DB's (219).   
      
    DS>   Is this what you're looking for??   
      
    DS>   ...............   
      
   It came through as 15 Period Characters while reading it using MultiMail.   
   I will Log On to the BBS's Web Portal and see what Your message looks like   
   after writing this line, before uploading the QWK packet to the BBS.   
      
   .-...    <-----  Wait (in CW)   
      
   When I looked at Your message on the Web Portal I saw the ASCII image of   
   the Band-Aid under where You wrote: "Is this what you're looking for??"   
      
   I thought to look to see what Your message looked like in MultiMail v.50   
   for Windows.   
   It didn't look any different using MMWIN50 that it does in MMDOS49,   
   but at least I tried to see if it looked any better in Multimail WIN.   
      
   Hey!, I will take a look at the message using SLMR   .-...   
      
   SLMR didn't change the looks of Your message either, at least I tried.   
   I AM VERY TRYING, aren't I? ? ??? ??? ? ?   
      
    EV>Could You see the ASCII Graphic in OLX, but was not able to get it into   
    EV>Your Reply to Me?   
    EV>Or is 15 Pound Signs all that You saw in my Tagline and see in this   
   essage?   
      
    DS>   All I saw was 15 pound signs (that was rather heavy (hi hi)).   
   Would it help You if I grunted for You while You lifted the 15 Pound Signs   
   ? ? ??? ??? ? ?   
      
   73 de Ed W9ODR                       .                     .   
      
   ... It is easier to do a job right than to explain why you didn't.   
   --- MultiMail/MS-DOS v0.49   
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