Subj : Re: CQCQ To : David Abutbul From : Jimmy Anderson Date : Sun Aug 19 2018 07:55 am -=> David Abutbul wrote to Jimmy Anderson <=- JA> are scanning they might miss me too. I always wonder if no one is there JA> or if everyone is like me and waiting to see if someone ELSE is there. DA> I feel you :) our local repeaters are often silent, although DMR had DA> gained some popularity but not too many young joiners to the hobby. Yeah, some DMR here, but I haven't jumped into that. No budget for new stuff right now... DA> I am 34 and most hams I know locally are older, or considerably older. Well I'm 51, but only got into this about 2 or 3 years ago. :-) There are some around here younger, but most are older than me. :-) Several of them are ex-military as well. DA> I understand this is not the same for USA and Japan. Where are you? .... 10... 9... 8... 7... 6... (Bo Derek getting older). --- MultiMail/Darwin v0.49 * Origin: Omicron Theta (1:116/17) .