Subj : Re: No license operators
To   : n2qfd
From : jimmylogan
Date : Sat May 18 2024 09:35 am

-=> n2qfd wrote to tenser <=-

 n2>  So, I haven't even bothered with the local club. It's not that I don't
 n2> value the things like having some nice digipeaters around for almost
 n2> no-one to use APRS on! It's the role crazed jerks. Yellow Vest+Radio
 n2> doesn't make you an authority any more than years in. And with just as
 n2> interesting of avenues outside the license I can play radio with my
 n2> Android, My WiFi gear heck even getting back to BBS and deciding to
 n2> start one here.

I joined the local right before getting my ticket. Actually took my
test with the club - but fell out as the monthly meeting confliced
with a family get together that started. Now that I'm getting BACK
into it, I might join again, but not high priority. Local traffic
is practically NIL so I'm currently moving a mobile inside and putting
an antenna on the roof to hopefully 'reach out' to areas where there
IS a lot of chatter...

 n2>   I'm a young ham in my mid 40's now and I've buried most of my
 n2> friends. I sometimes check into a DMR net which is just VoIP with more
 n2> steps. The conversation hasn't changes in 30 years and the
 n2> experimenters and the innovators don't seem to be there saying "hey I'm
 n2> trying this with my gear what do you think?"
 n2>   Is is disappointing? Maybe a little, but things change. I'm working
 n2> some fun digital modes we didn't have but even that seems like it's too
 n2> much work for the many out there. >>Key up repeater|run down current
 n2> times|willfully forget that what it was, wasn't always there either.<<

I haven't done anything with digital yet... I work in IT and when I get 
on the radio it's to have an analog conversation - kinda like BBS but with 
voice. :-)

I do pop in to - oh what's it called - echolink? I almost said echonet but
knew that wasn't right. LOL




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