Well, the concept of cellular phones was taken from the 2 meter ham community. I remember having a keypad on my 2 meter hand held and an autodial capability in the repeater long before cell phones were even heard of. It used to amaze my non ham friends that I could call home while driving down the highway....not so impressive anymore.
On 1/15/06, Brian Carling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Maybe I missed something... > OK name something recent that was an innovation that > radio amateur came up with that advanced the radio art. > > On 13 Jan 2006 at 16:32, Grant Youngman wrote: > > > > NO ONE in amateur radio "advances the technological art" > > > these days. They haven't done so for many years. > > > > Maybe you're just not paying attention? > > > > Grant/NQ5T > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > AMRadio mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html > > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > AMfone Website: http://www.amfone.net > > AM List Admin: Brian Sherrod/w5ami, Paul Courson/wa3vjb > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > AMRadio mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html > Post: mailto:[email protected] > AMfone Website: http://www.amfone.net > AM List Admin: Brian Sherrod/w5ami, Paul Courson/wa3vjb > -- Jim Isbell "If you are not living on the edge, well then, you are just taking up too much space."
