Subj : D-Star
To   : Holger Granholm
From : Bob Seaborn
Date : Fri Jan 08 2016 09:12 am

 > In a message on Thursday 01-06-16 Bob Seaborn said to David Westphalen:
 >
 > Hi Bob,
 >
 >DW>> Me, I'm busy playing with my D-STAR rigs.  :)
 >
 >
 >DW> Thats one thing I have never played around with. Right
 >DW> now I mostly do digital on HF like JT9, JT65, etc.
 >
 >
 >BS>       With HF bands going for $#!t, and the sunspot 11-year cycle
 > onBS> the decline, I really enjoy D-STAR contacts all over the world,
 > I'v
 >BS> been in contct with the UK, Spain, Italy, South Africa, Australia,
 >BS> New Zealand, Japan, Canada, the US, South America, etc.  All
 > crystalBS> clear!  If I'm around, I can usually be found of XREF005B,
 > btw.
 >
 > That's not ham radio, real ham (amateur) radio works from your antenna
 > to the other hams antenna, directly with radio waves as medium.

      Tell that to the thousands of amateurs who use the digital networks
rregularly.  It's just your opinion, not shared by all.



 >
 > Not by networks of some sort or another!
 >
 >
 > 73 de Sam, OH0NC
 >
 > aka Holger
 >
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