Rural, poor or both aren't always hurdles. For example, co-ops are required by law to stay on the cutting edge: www.tellabs.com/news/reprints/emerge_fall07_thinkbig_reprint.pdf.
> From: Patrick Martin <mwd...@webtv.net> > Reply-To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America > <irca@hard-core-dx.com> > Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:55:30 -0700 > To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America > <irca@hard-core-dx.com> > Subject: Re: [IRCA] Wi-Fi legality (OT) > > Most of you live in cities or at least metro areas where there are big > companies with lots of money. Clatsop County is a very poor county with > only 36K population. There are good things about living here, but we > don't have the "extras" many other places have. DX is good because of > the location and low noise level. No high power radio stations. . Few > computers, so there is no computer noise. But if we want to go to a > Waltmart, Best Buy, Target, a concert, Sports event, etc, you go to > Portland or Seattle. DSL is another luxury I don't have here out in the > country, but we do have the older noisy cable lines and again with > Charter Cable in Chapter 11, I doubt anything will change in that > regard. Also, all of the electric & cable lines are all underground and > they aren't going pull those out of the ground. At least powerline > noise is very low. When the cable company reran the lines back in the > 90s, they ran them underground closer to my house, so any hook ups close > by I could hear the TVI. In the past they were across the road and were > not an issue. Thank goodness, most people now have Dish or Direct with > no TVI. > > 73, > > Patrick > > Patrick Martin > KGED QSL Manager > > > _______________________________________________ > IRCA mailing list > IRCA@hard-core-dx.com > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original > contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its > editors, publishing staff, or officers > > For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > > To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com > > _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
