02-18-15 01:19 Daryl Stout wrote to TOM WALKER about Re: Older   
      
    DS> @MSGID: <54E5CB91.1281.windowsb@capcity2.synchro.net>   
    DS> Tom,   
      
    TW>Even after I dod get my No Code Tech at club meetings I had to endure   
    TW>the "Old Timers" carping that NO Code Tech were not REAL Hams.   
      
    DS>   Sadly, there are still too many "old timers" who refuse to   
    DS> change, and embrace the new technologies. The "purists" swear   
    DS> up and down that "internet radio is not ham radio". From a   
    DS> technicality standpoint, they're right.   
      
    DS>   However, with many hams (through no fault of their own, and   
    DS> out of their control) are getting into situations where ham   
    DS> radio gear, RF operation, antennas, etc. are strictly   
    DS> prohibited...due to covenants, creeds and restrictions   
    DS> (CC&R's)...medical facilities where RF devices would interfere   
    DS> with medical equipment...young kids still living at home, where   
    DS> their parents won't let them put up antennas, towers, etc.   
      
   Howdy! Daryl and Tom,   
      
   Thanks for taking the time to write about the problems Hams have with   
   CC&R's and using the internet to work stations on the air.   
      
   The first time I heard about internet radio, I too didn't think it   
   was real radio, but after reading Your message I now understand the   
   problems some Hams face when they don't own the property their License   
   is listed at.   
      
   It has been a long time since I've been on the air due to the wife not   
   liking the co-ax cables running through the doorway up to the attic to   
   get to where my 80 Meter and 20 Meter antennas are.   
      
    DS>   With things like "Packet Via Telnet", "Echolink" (via the   
    DS> single user setup, or the app), "D-Star" (via DV Tools, and the   
    DS> D-Rats program), they can still maintain a presence in the   
    DS> hobby. In fact, that's the situation I find myself in.   
      
   You've got me thinking about using one of those internet radio programs   
   so I could get my Radio-Fix.   
   Maybe I'll try it out one day.   
      
   As is I don't know where I'd find the time.   
   My reading BBS Mail, E-mail and browsing the internet after reading an   
   article in the newsletters I get, plus the other activities I am   
   involved in and those Honey-Do'es, etc., fill up my day.   
   But at least I know from reading You writing about it, that I could get   
   on the Air 'radioless' from home.  Thanks.   
   -snip-   
    DS>   Plus, I was recently able to take my laptop computer, with my   
    DS> air card, a power supply, an external monitor, mouse, and   
    DS> keyboard, to a ham radio club at a central Arkansas high   
    DS> school, and demonstrate those modes...and also did such at a   
    DS> local hamfest last year.   
      
   Is a Air Card used with a Mac Computer?   
   Enlighten me please.   
   -snip-   
    DS>   Besides, if the FCC were to revoke the licenses of all hams   
    DS> who did not operate RF exclusively, the death of ham radio   
    DS> would come surprisingly quick.   
      
   Or if they decided to revoke license of folks like me who haven't keyed   
   a Mike or touched a Telegraph Key or used their PC on RTTY since their   
   last License renewal.   
   73   
      
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