Subj : this echo
To   : Steve Bainbridge
From : Roy Witt
Date : Tue May 15 2001 12:47 pm

Hello Steve.

06 May 01 12:38, you wrote to me:

 SB>>> meaning no disrespect to anyone, but apart from the solar reports,
 SB>>> there ain't much else in this echo. I think it maybe time to
 SB>>> consider dropping it from my system

 >> You get out of this echo what you put into it, just like
 >> any other echo.

 SB> This is very true, however, no one seems to putting anything in, do
 SB> they ?.

Nope.  Not that they haven't in the past, just not much interest for radio
in fidonet these days.  There used to be all kinds of activity, but as the
hobby gets less and less people in it, so will the echo activity.  At the
moment, there are at least 7 radio oriented echoes in distribution;

AMATEUR_RADIO .......... "AMATEUR RADIO / HAM RADIO"
HAM .................... "Amateur Radio Interest"
HAM-SALE ............... "Ham Radio equipment sale, swap and buy"
HAM_REQ ................ "Amateur Radio File Announcements & File
                         Requests"
HAM_TECH ............... "Amateur(HAM) Radio TECHnical Conference"
RADIO_HOBBY-ALL ........ "ALL HOBBY RADIO: Low Power FM, CB, Scanners,
                         Shortwave"
SCANRADIO .............. "INTERNATIONAL VHF-UHF SCANNER RADIO-RECEIVER
                         CONFERENCE"

Most of which see about the same traffic from the same participants as
this echo does.  Some of those above haven't seen any activity for months.

 SB>  It would be an idea if maybe some of the users did a profile
 SB> of the gear they use, the bands and times, in UTC, they are on the
 SB> air.

I don't know if any of us are on HF anymore.  My Kenwood TS620 hasn't
been turned on in ages.  I do have a ten meter rig that I turn on once
in a while. Nothing to get excited about there.  I used to be quite active
on UHF.



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