Doug Franklin wrote: > keith_w wrote: > >> Wouldn't expect a KG4-land Virginian to have experienced one like that >> anywhere else! We have some pretty authentic ones out here on occasion! > > Yeah, if I hadn't already decided, that earthquake would've put paid to > any ideas I had of living in California. ;-) > >> keith whaley >> Former WA6 operator
> I haven't even fired up my 2m radio in a couple of years. I only have a > Tech license at the moment, so 6m is the most reach I can get, and it > won't reliably get where I want to go. Now that they've loosened the > requirements (dropped Morse) I ought to go upgrade to General. With 10m > I could reliably talk to my long distance buddies that 6m won't reliably > reach. Back in the day, as they say, I built my own 2m gear, but those days are long gone! with the cost of my other hobbies, photography and target shooting, I simply cannot afford to get back into Ham radio again. It would consume far too much of my time, and I have far too little time left!! <g> (I started out as a CW code operator in 1958. That's a couple years ago!) keith -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
