Subj : Re: Various Things To : Brian Rogers From : Daryl Stout Date : Tue Jun 01 2021 17:17:00 BR> Hello Daryl; Hi, Brian... BR> We have several in my area alone... I can think of a good half dozen BR> just off the top of my head. Since I can't have RF gear at the QTH, I'm only on the air for the nets that I run (via "internet radio"). It's hard enough finding folks to be Net Control, and my license isn't just a sheet of paper. The purists don't like this approach, but it was either operate this way, or quit the hobby. The thing is, even if you use one of the remote base operations, if propagation is horrible where you are, and at every other point...you aren't going to hear anyone on RF. And, if someone else is using the remote base when you want to use it, you have to operate later, or are just "SOL". With the QuadNet Array (https://openquad.net) with D-Star, DMR, WIRES-X, or Fusion...or CQ100...you will hear someone on frequency, and they won't be down in the noise and weeds. None of us is getting any younger, and just like a shelf at the store, or a buffet at a restaurant, if a hobby isn't replenished with new blood (for everyone quitting the hobby or dying off), sooner more than later, the hobby will die off as well. Kids nowadays couldn't give a rats rear end about the heritage, current state, or future of any hobby. They are so enamored into their tablets and smartphones, and that's "their own little world". Once an EMP hits, every piece of electronics (vehicles, gas pumps, POS terminals, communications, etc.) is going to get fried. BR> They also have a big ARRL meeting there too. I've never been but know BR> several who have. With COVID-19 higher in portions of the country, you wonder if things will ever get back to some sense of normalcy. Admittedly, at the moment, Arkansas is doing better than some states. BR> Sometimes the less you know the better off you are Three things fail when we get older. Memory is first... DS> No, I missed that one. I saw the one with Achmed and his son, and it DS> was about the time Jeff was supposedly getting divorced. I don't know DS> if he and his wife are still married, separated, or divorced. BR> Yes I have that one on USB drive as well :) All funny stuff! Too bad it has to be so raunchy at times. BR> Peanut is the crazier one of the bunch... and one of the oldest. Don't ever let him try to order take out Chinese food. BR> I wonder which is more difficult tbh. Both. Daryl .... Social Distancing: If you can smell the fart, you're too close. --- MultiMail/Win v0.52 þ Synchronet þ The Thunderbolt BBS - Little Rock, Arkansas .