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  • Re: Just thought I'd say Hi

    From Warson@432:1/100 to nblade on Thu Jun 2 15:17:46 2022
    Hi, nblade. Sounds like some fun on the road. Safe travels. I'm sure the HTs will come in handy as your trip continues. 73.

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  • From dotslash@432:1/100 to nblade on Fri Jun 3 15:06:53 2022
    Hi Jeff!

    nblade wrote to All <=-

    Greetings from the road. Thought I would check into some BBSes after a long pause and found this message area. Thought I would would say hello
    to all my fellow HAM radio operators.

    Greetings from across the pond!


    I'm not doing much since the wife and I are full timing it in our RV. I just didn't have enough space to bring any radios larger than an HT
    And the wife would not let me put an APRS unit in the truck. I used to have a D710 in the Pathfinder I use to own but I sold it when we
    downsized and it no longer had a place to be installed in.

    Still I do break out the HTs every once in a while to see if I can get
    any 2m or 70cm activity. I even manage to try and hit a local repeater
    if I can find one. Still little to no contacts. JUst to far out for
    most.

    If you have cellphone reception good enough for decent data transfer speeds, you can be adventurous and cobble yourself together an Allstar node. With
    that you can then use your HT on 2m or 70cm and speak to Hams all over the world from whereever you are. Some Allstar bridges also have bridges over to digital networks like DMR, DStar and YSF, opening up even more possibilities. There are loads you can do with your HT these days. Some people say that it's not "ham radio" to use the Internet like this, but hey - if it helps you to make contacts it's good enough in my books.

    At any rate, I will check in now and again on this area to see what
    going on.

    Unfortunately not a lot is happening here, but it's a good idea to post now
    and again to stir things up a bit. There are loads of really knowledgeable
    Hams monitoring this echo (myself excluded, I'm a noobie) with a breadth of experience, so even if it's mostly quiet it's good to ask questions.


    73,
    Jan Henkins (M7HNK)

    Regards,
    Jan Henkins

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  • From nblade@432:1/100 to Warson on Thu Jun 16 04:44:50 2022
    I know I use them a little bit on the road. I also have some FRS radios as well that we use around the RV camp. Interestingly enough, I don't here much on those either. I guess we are just far enough away from other RVers or Campers. Which to be fair is sort of where we want to be. Nothing is worse than having a bunch of noise from neighbors.

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  • From Warson@432:1/100 to nblade on Wed Jun 15 15:53:10 2022
    On 16 Jun 2022, nblade said the following...

    I guess we are just far enough away from
    other RVers or Campers. Which to be fair is sort of where we want to be. Nothing is worse than having a bunch of noise from neighbors.

    I hear that, my friend. I heard that for sure.

    73

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  • From Vk3jed@432:1/100 to nblade on Tue Jul 26 20:10:00 2022
    On 06-01-22 09:18, nblade wrote to All <=-

    Greetings from the road. Thought I would check into some BBSes after a long pause and found this message area. Thought I would would say hello
    to all my fellow HAM radio operators.

    Welcome aboard. :) I'm requrining after a few months away from the BBSs. :)



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