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   -=> Rug Rat wrote to Jimmy Anderson <=-   
      
    RR> On Thu  6-Nov-2025  6:32a, Jimmy Anderson@1:105/7.0 said to Rug Rat:   
      
    JA> Yep! If someone has no interest, they have no interest. I have no interest   
    JA> in contesting, but I'll be happy to answer POTA CQ's once I get an HF   
    JA> rig, because I like to TALK TO PEOPLE. :-) Heck - it's what got me   
    JA> into BBS's years ago - the nets!   
      
    RR>  You might be a bit disapointed then with POTA, as the majority of the   
    RR> contacts with POTA operators are very contestest like, in that they are   
    RR> out there to make as many contacts as possible within the time of their   
    RR> activation.  At the same time there are a lot of people waiting to make   
    RR> contact with them.  Very rarely will they take the time to "TALK TO   
    RR> YOU"...  It is exchange contact information, and off to the next   
    RR> station.  The majority of DX is like that is well.  That is not to say   
    RR> I have not had longer QSO with either, but it is not the norm.   
      
   No I understand that, but I mean even a quick contact with a POTA activator   
   will be a cool thing for me. :-) Will be a way to test and make sure I'm   
   getting out there too - then I can worry about finding a rag chew. :-)   
      
   BTW - got my HF out of the shed and powered it up last night... From what   
   I said to Daryl in another echonet...   
      
   A fellow ham 'handed down' a Kenwood TS-140S, MFJ-941E tuner and a    
   homemade fan dipole! I powered up the radio last night just to    
   confirm it works - but no transmit, as antenna not up yet.    
      
   I don't really have room for the longest parts of it, but for now   
   I'm going to make an inverted V on my tower and use at least the   
   10 meter part... Get my feet wet, so to speak, and if everything   
   works okay I'll get another power supply to run it as well for   
   more power and I'll invest in an antenna I can mount without taking   
   up 100' of yard space. :-)   
      
      
      
      
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