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|    Message 12,648 of 13,334    |
|    Shaun Buzza to Brian KB9BVN    |
|    Re: Hamvention    |
|    18 Feb 22 15:04:38    |
      TID: Mystic BBS 1.12 A46       MSGID: 1:229/110 eea28f59       REPLY: 1:229/426.31 35fe2d9e       TZUTC: -0500        BK> What do you RX with? Have you played around much with the little SDR        BK> dongles?              Yes, that's what I'm using, a RTL-SDR dongle, with telescopic dipole. It's       nothing special, but it cost less than $100 for two of them.               BK> In the US we have 3 license classes, my two 12 year old grandkids passed        BK> their Technician Exam on the first try and when my grand daughter gets        BK> on the air, as        BK> usual, it's an instant pile up. I think I saw you say you lived in        BK> Canada, I am        BK> not familiar with the licensing there but I QSO with a lot of Canadian        BK> hams (Canadian Bacons?) from here near Indy. I operate CW mostly, then        BK> some SSB and very little digital.               I believe there are two classes here, but don't quote me on that. It has been       a while since I looked at getting my license. For the most part, I tend to       use my devices to listen to the local trunks for police/ambulance, or       ADS-B/ACARS from aircraft. I live quite close to a major airport.              McDoob       SysOp, PiBBS       pibbs.sytes.net              --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Raspberry Pi/32)        * Origin: PiBBS (1:229/110)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 15/0 18/200 90/1 105/81 106/201 120/340 123/131 129/305       SEEN-BY: 129/330 331 153/7715 226/30 227/114 229/110 200 206 312 317       SEEN-BY: 229/400 424 426 428 664 700 240/5832 266/512 282/1038 292/854       SEEN-BY: 301/1 317/3 320/219 322/757 342/200 396/45 460/58 633/280       SEEN-BY: 712/848       PATH: 229/110 426           |
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