In a message on Monday 05-08-16 Paul Quinn said to Holger Granholm:   
      
   Good afternoon Paul,   
      
    HG> I thought this part of the world, would be the other end for you,   
      
   PQ> Oh, it is.  Though I do know something of your part of the world   
   PQ> from a TV special on Sweden by Ray Mears.   
      
   Not to forget the pamphlets describing the Aland Islands, that actually   
   are almost in the middle of Scandinavia, as long as we count Finland to   
   belong to Scandinavia.   
      
   Some purists do call that congregation 'Fennoscandia'.   
      
    HG> with amateur radio transceiver. CB is nonexistent here, only used by   
    HG> fishermen nowadays. It's not outlawed here, but not a hobby anymore.   
      
   PQ> It's used quite a bit here by delivery drivers, long-haul heavy   
   PQ> vehicles, tow/recovery operators and the like.  Even the Police use   
   PQ> it to keep up with traffic conditions on the highways.   
      
   I have to ask a member of our radio amateur club, what he knows about   
   the CB activity. He's not a ham, but follows almost everything happening   
   on the HF to UHF frequencies.   
      
   Some of the previously active CB'rs did convert to amateur radio but not   
   all, maybe because the previous requirement of morse capability, and   
   maybe some are still afraid of the technical requirements, that were not   
   required to get a CB license.   
      
    HG> I thought that an air condotioned seat, would be proper in your climate.   
      
   PQ> If only!  :)  For most of the year here, motorcycle jaunts are like   
   PQ> being in a fan-forced oven.  Well done, both sides.  ;)   
      
   We have had a spell of (pre)summer here the last two weeks, with   
   afternoon temperatures up to 20ø, but about 5ø lower close to the sea.   
   Maybe that is all the summer we'll get.   
      
      
   Have a nice evening,   
      
   Holger   
      
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