Subj : Re: Season's Beatings
To   : Sean Dennis
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Tue Dec 28 2021 05:53 pm

Sean,

 SD> I'd rather save my money and buy a new ICOM IC-7610 HF rig for $3300.

  The price of the gear is ridiculous. I think I told you about the DC
to Daylight Rig that was at Hamvention a few years ago for $20,000+. Now,
we could outfit a nice shack for that (or even buy a nice pre-owned car).
But to me, $20,000+ for one rig, is overkill.

 SD> Did I tell you that I have a script that allows one (with a paid
 SD> subscription to QRZ.com) to look up callsigns at QRZ?  With FreeBSD, I
 SD> can run that as a "door" to allow lookups.  Actually, if your OS can
 SD> run cURL, you should be able to use it.  Pretty neat stuff.

  I run Windows 10 32-bit for the BBS...it's on my late Mom's computer.
I still have one of the last QRZ Callsign CD's, and have that on the
BBS for "nostalgia". I would love to have a similar setup for current
callsigns (I'm a premium subscriber, and use them and eQSL for data
for running Netlogger). Right now, I just set up a simple door, telling
users where they can find ham radio callsigns. 

Daryl, WX4QZ

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