In a message on Tuesday 02-15-16 Richard Menedetter said to Holger   
   Granholm:   
      
   GM Richard,   
      
   RM> The ONLY thing I wanted to express is that I do NOT agree with the   
   RM> viewpoint that only shortwave is HAM, everything else not.   
      
   Now you're really barking up the wrong tree.   
      
   I've worked 5-band and 3.5 MHz DXCC, worked on all bands from 3.5MHz to   
   10GHz, on CW, AM and SSB, built my own gear, among them the first SSB   
   transmitter in OH, and won a lot of contests on HF, VHF, UHF and SHF.   
      
   FM is for me only for local contacts, and in the beginning of time, a   
   way to avoid RFI to the neighbours when working AM on the HF-bands.   
      
   I admit that I'm maybe not an average ham, but that is because of my   
   technical education.   
      
      
   Have a nice day,   
      
   Holger   
      
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