RE: [DX-CHAT] ham radio and age

2007-01-18 Thread john
At 10:40 PM 1/17/2007, Charles Harpole wrote: Geo I keep an empty gallon milk jug under my ham desk for relief. U will never know when u need it. 73 Thank you for sharing. John K5MO Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX re

RE: [DX-CHAT] ham radio and age

2007-01-17 Thread Charles Harpole
TECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 9:57 PM To: Charles Harpole Cc: dx-chat@njdxa.org 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

Re: [DX-CHAT] ham radio and age

2007-01-17 Thread Dennis Kopecky
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RE: [DX-CHAT] ham radio and age

2007-01-16 Thread George McCrary
9:57 PM To: Charles Harpole Cc: dx-chat@njdxa.org 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

Re: [DX-CHAT] ham radio and age

2007-01-16 Thread af2c
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 +, you wrote: The p

[DX-CHAT] ham radio and age

2007-01-16 Thread Charles Harpole
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 a