Subj : Hamming was:Cooking Basi
To   : Dave Drum
From : Ray Quinn
Date : Thu Mar 03 2022 08:41 pm


   Hello Dave!

03 Mar 22 04:51, you wrote to Daryl Stout:


 DD> Confusers have pretty much replaced radios as my hobby. I do note cars
 DD> driving around my area with elabourate antennae clamped to the bumper,
 DD> or in one case, mounted on a receiver hitch where a tow-bar/hitch ball
 DD> for a trailer would normally reside.

Especially at a ham radio convention, like the DX Convention (usually held in 
April here in Visalia, but cancelled for 2022. I think they jumped the gun, so 
to speak...) I thought about using my receiver for an antenna mount, but then 
where would I connect our travel trailer... I do have a short two-section tower 
that is designed to be connected to a receiver, but it is for portable use.

 DD> I dunno about other states - but Illinois allows using your call sign
 DD> as your vehicle licence number. I do note some of those around my
 DD> area.

California is one, as I believe most do, if not all. It doesn't cost any extra 
annually like the personalized ones. I have my call as my license plates on my 
GMC pickup. My wife is disabled and in California the weight fees are waived 
for a DP plate, but they cannot be combined, DP and HAM.

 DD>> Nancy was a neat lady - who used to come to Cooking Echo picnics

I do remember her, but only by name. I don't recall any interaction with her, 
but do remember seeing her name atop many messages over the years (Since 1990, 
or so).


73 Ray Quinn W6RAY
Visalia, CA DM06ii


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