Subj : Re: i have a radio
To   : k9zw
From : Jimmy Anderson
Date : Fri May 09 2025 08:48 am

-=> k9zw wrote to Jimmy Anderson <=-

 k9> On 03 May 2025, Jimmy Anderson said the following...

 k9> While working on my first DXCC, I used Echolink to set up skeds with
 k9> DX.  So like I would Echolink to say Scotland, asking once in two-way
 k9> "who would be able to work with my on 20m SSB on Saturday at 18:00
 k9> UTC?" to see what I could organize.

 k9> Admission here, it wasn't very useful and I don't think it mattered to
 k9> by DX count, other than perhaps committing to a blocked-out Saturday
 k9> for some DX who might not show or that the propagation wasn't going let
 k9> happen anyway.

 k9> I also used Echolink when I was bored and didn't have access to my
 k9> station.  That access issue has largely gone away with remote-station
 k9> technologies, but in the day it was something to do.

I think there's room in the ham world for it, as well as other things.
Different people like different things.

I'm thinking of putting in a Linux box with a dongle and SDR for
recieving, and maybe doing a DSTAR or DRATS or something. Still
thinking ahead.

But my main thing is talking over the air. The other will come
as time allows. :-)



.... Please no deja vu; I don't want to go through that again.
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