02-21-15 16:42 Daryl Stout wrote to ED VANCE about Re: Older             2/3   
      
    DS> @MSGID: <54E9C019.1291.windowsb@capcity2.synchro.net>   
    DS> (Continued from previous message)   
   Howdy! Again Daryl,   
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    DS>   While some may consider that "a bit racy", I've heard of far   
    DS> more raunchy stuff on portions of 75 meters. I would refer to   
      
   Yes, I consider it in poor taste in this FIDO echo.   
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    EV>Is a Air Card used with a Mac Computer?   
      
    DS>   Actually, this is a Verizon Mi-Fi card with a Compaq Laptop,   
    DS> with Windows Vista Home Basic on it, that I bought at a hamfest   
      
   Thanks.   
      
    EV>Or if they decided to revoke license of folks like me who haven't keyed   
    EV>a Mike or touched a Telegraph Key or used their PC on RTTY since their   
    EV>last License renewal.   
      
    DS>   It used to be that you had to log everything, and have a   
    DS> certain amount of time with a CW keyer, or other mode, to keep   
    DS> your license. The only time logs are used now, are for stations   
    DS> who want to...and for the contesters...that part of the hobby   
    DS> never appealed to me. But, there's something in the hobby for   
    DS> everybody.   
      
   As I told Tom, I am one of those who "want to" keep Logs of my use of   
   Ham Radio.   
      
    DS>   I understand that there are 2 big RTTY contests each year,   
    DS> and I did do some PSK31 while on CQ100. That (along with   
    DS> HamSphere) are "virtual ionospheres for ham radio", where NO RF   
    DS> OCCURS...but both have a yearly fee (around $40, last time I   
    DS> checked). But, what it does, is that it lets you practice as if   
    DS> it WAS actual RF...and working with various programs. So, if   
    DS> and when one COULD set up an RF station, and get on the air,   
    DS> you would look and sound like a real pro, like you had been   
    DS> doing such for years.   
      
   When it comes to paying out my money, I'm Cheap, I do a lot of thinking   
   before I'd let 40 Dollars slide away.   
      
    DS>   If renewal meant retesting, ham radio would've died out long   
    DS> ago.   
      
   Although the Friendy Country Cousin (F.C.C.) sometimes will ask a Ham   
   to do that, won't they?   
   73   
      
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