Subj : Re: My Thursday Nets
To   : Alexander Grotewohl
From : Wilfred van Velzen
Date : Thu Nov 13 2025 03:23 pm

Hi Alexander,

On 2025-11-13 09:17:55, you wrote to me:

 Wv>> BTW: What are "nets" anyway? ;-)

 AG> imagine you lived in alaska (or wherever might be fairly remote), and at a set
 AG> schedule everyone got on their radio to say hi and prove they're alive.. or
 AG> perhaps to pass along information, etc

 AG> then imagine it got somewhat cumbersome with the number of people involved, so
 AG> you had a "net control operator" that sort of guided the people checking in
 AG> along so they didn't just transmit on top of each other

 AG> i'd say that's sufficient to understand the concept. only mostly they just
 AG> throw out their callsign ("check in"), say hi, perhaps answer some sort of
 AG> question. (think: "what's your favorite dinner to make on a cold night?") and
 AG> then go about their lives.

 AG> i don't check in to those very often because it's BO-RING. much better talking
 AG> to the people who get on every day or so and actually chat

Thanks for the clarification!

Bye, Wilfred.

--- FMail-lnx64 2.3.2.4-B20240523
 * Origin: FMail development HQ (2:280/464)

.