In a message on Tuesday 01-11-16 Tom Walker said to Holger Granholm:   
      
   GM Tom,   
      
   HG>DW>> Me, I'm busy playing with my D-STAR rigs.  :)   
      
   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,   
      
   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.   
      
   TW> Well Said and my View also.   
   TW> There is NO Skill or Chalendge to operating a Ham Radio over the   
   TW> Internet   
      
   You can do the same using Skype on the Internet. Just look at the TV   
   newscast, how the reporters report from various places in the world,   
   via Internet.   
      
   CU SN AGN, de OH0NC   
      
   Holger   
      
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