[CQ-Contest] Feb 04 QST op-ed article

[K0HB]

> [Original Message]
> From: WA7VNI <wa7vni at dayshaw.net>

> Regarding the statement "... gratis HF comms for wealthy
> yachtsmen who should be making use of commercial
> communications services."
>
> Sorry Mike, but that is an inflammatory statement that is
> without merit in many cases. 

Absolutely agreed!

In my mis-spent youth I spent 21 years wandering the seven seas on big
haze-grey boats with hull numbers like DD-762, AOR-4, and CVA-59.  Hardly a
"wealthy yachtsman", and my shipmates were grateful for the use of 14.313
to chat with wives/parents/children/etc while on long deployments.  

73, de Hans, K0HB ex-M/M

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