Instant Messenger programs (was [RTTY] RTTY on 160M)

[Jim McDonald]

Seeing the note below made me think of something.

Reading the email eulogies of recently deceased DXers I noticed several made
mention of staying in touch with an Instant Messenger program.  The only
requirement is using the same program (e.g., AOL's or Microsoft's).  Not
everyone is on the cluster system, and many cluster nodes turn off
announcements so it's not very effective to ask a question like that below.

All it would take is for someone to suggest one program and have
participants use their calls as the "sign-in name."

The programs can be downloaded from:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d83d02b2-c82c-4ba1-aec2-584aabb057eb&DisplayLang=en

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/messenger/

http://www.aim.com/

I won't be surprised if some say this doesn't sound like ham radio, but my
response is it's just another use of the internet to increase our enjoyment
of ham radio.

I don't care if anyone wants to do this or not; it is just a thought.

Jim N7US



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don Inbody" <ad0k at inbody.net>
To: "'RTTY'" <rtty at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 7:12 PM
Subject: [RTTY] RTTY on 160M


Anyone up for trying a QSO on 160M.  I need some QSLs on that band.  Say
about 1.810

73,
Don

Don Inbody/AD0K
Buda, TX (EM10bc)
QSL via LotW and eQSL



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