HG>.MSGID: 2:20/228 04208e5e   
   HG>In a message on Thursday 01-06-16 Bob Seaborn said to David Westphalen:   
      
   HG>Hi Bob,   
      
   HG>DW>> Me, I'm busy playing with my D-STAR rigs.  :)   
      
      
   HG>DW> Thats one thing I have never played around with. Right   
   HG>DW> now I mostly do digital on HF like JT9, JT65, etc.   
      
      
   HG>BS>       With HF bands going for $#!t, and the sunspot 11-year cycle on   
   HG>BS> the decline, I really enjoy D-STAR contacts all over the world, I'v   
   HG>BS> been in contct with the UK, Spain, Italy, South Africa, Australia,   
   HG>BS> New Zealand, Japan, Canada, the US, South America, etc.  All crystal   
   HG>BS> clear!  If I'm around, I can usually be found of XREF005B, btw.   
      
   HG>That's not ham radio, real ham (amateur) radio works from your antenna   
   HG>to the other hams antenna, directly with radio waves as medium.   
      
   HG>Not by networks of some sort or another!   
      
      
   HG>73 de Sam, OH0NC   
      
   HG>aka Holger   
      
   Well Said and my View also.   
   There is NO Skill or Chalendge to operating a Ham Radio over the   
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