In a message on Thursday 01-06-16 Bob Seaborn said to David Westphalen:   
      
   Hi Bob,   
      
   DW>> Me, I'm busy playing with my D-STAR rigs.  :)   
      
      
   DW> Thats one thing I have never played around with. Right   
   DW> now I mostly do digital on HF like JT9, JT65, etc.   
      
      
   BS>       With HF bands going for $#!t, and the sunspot 11-year cycle on   
   BS> the decline, I really enjoy D-STAR contacts all over the world, I'v   
   BS> been in contct with the UK, Spain, Italy, South Africa, Australia,   
   BS> New Zealand, Japan, Canada, the US, South America, etc.  All crystal   
   BS> clear!  If I'm around, I can usually be found of XREF005B, btw.   
      
   That's not ham radio, real ham (amateur) radio works from your antenna   
   to the other hams antenna, directly with radio waves as medium.   
      
   Not by networks of some sort or another!   
      
      
   73 de Sam, OH0NC   
      
   aka Holger   
      
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