Subj : Re: Other Ham Radio News
To   : Daryl Stout
From : Sean Dennis
Date : Wed Jan 26 2022 11:21:02

-=> Daryl Stout wrote to Sean Dennis <=-

 DS>   Years ago, it was so easy to set up and program your rig. Now, if you
 DS> don't have the programming software and cables, you'll never set it up.

Depends on the rig.  My IC-718 is one you just turn on and use.  Now, if I
get an IC-7610, yeah, a lot more complicated but a lot more features as
well.

 DS>   There's always a net somewhere...just like the country song with Alan
 DS> Jackson and Jimmy Buffet, "It's 5:00 somewhere".

I think there's a net going somewhere any hour of the day and night.  I've
checked into nets between 2-4 AM all the time when I was working second
shift and several between 8-10 AM when I was working overnights.

 DS>   I don't spend every waking moment with my hobbies...ham radio, square
 DS> dancing, or the BBS. In the last few days, I'd play the games, and I
 DS> skipped the QWK Mail. With being doped up from medication fighting this
 DS> head and chest cold, I'm just doing QWK Mail today...the games will
 DS> have to wait. After I do the Arklatex D-Star Net tonight, I'll take my
 DS> NyQuil, and go inspect the insides of my eyelids.

I spend a lot of time on the computer because of my limited mobility right
now and lack of funds.  But once I get Social Security and can fix my
Pathfinder, I'll be out and about a lot more.  I'm the type to grab my
laptop and go to the library, connecting to their WiFi and work on the BBS
or other projects from remote just because I can.

Once I can get back on the air, I'll be much more active in ham radio.  The
local scene has kinda died off pretty badly here so it's very much a "solo"
hobby at this moment.

73 DE KS4TD,
Sean

.... Jealousy is all the fun you think they have.
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