Geo.... I keep an empty gallon milk jug under my ham desk for relief..... U
will never know when u need it. 73
Charles Harpole
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From: "George McCrary" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "'Charles Harpole'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
CC: <[email protected]>
Subject: RE: [DX-CHAT] ham radio and age
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 22:18:12 -0500
I'm afraid it can cause kidney damage. Ever had a run going in the last
hour
of a contest and realized that you drank one soda too many?
George (K8QM)
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Subject: Re: [DX-CHAT] ham radio and age
You forgot a few:
1. Walking to the shack from the kitchen.
2. Tuning your equipment.
3. Sending CW with a straight-key
4. Yelling your call when attempting to break a pile-up
3 and 4 can certainly get your cardio vascular system going! :-))
At 02:26 AM 1/17/2007 +0000, you wrote:
>The process of getting older can be slowed a bit via uses of ham radio:
>
>1. Having goals to look forward to.... like DXCC and IOTA, and county
hunting.
>2. Mental exercises.... like CW and solving circuit problems, reading
and
>making schematics, etc.
>3. Avoid isolation..... have rag chews and attend Hamfests and club
meetings
>4. Having someone to depend on and that depands on u.... like skeds and
>helping a ham friend or being an Elmer.
>and, last but not least, EXERCISE.... like walking to the back 40 to
check
>on the remote switch box.
>
>Lacking a back 40, ham radio lets us down in the exercise factor.... but
>then what serves every need in life? Good health to all DXers, 73.
>
>BTW, some doctor ham should write a full article about these items for
QST
>or CQ ?
>
>Charles Harpole, HS0ZCW
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