Topband: Chat Room Confirmation

[w7dra at juno.com]

i don't know when it was but somewhere around your age, i saw technology
advancing and decided i should stay at a particular year. i saw my first
contest in 1953, so i decided to keep all my technology at or before
1953.

working the 2011 ARRL DX contest with a National NC183 and a WWII ARC5
VFO and an 833a and a long piece of wire, to me that is fun!!

mike w7dra



On Tue, 22 Feb 2011 06:45:25 -0800 (PST) mrtman777
<mrtman777 at bellsouth.net> writes:
> 
> 
> I am 16 years old, and I come from a generation that generally has 
> little use 
> for amateur radio.  In the past, being a ham was a novelty, but now, 
> why not 
> just pick up your cell phone or use the internet to communicate?  
> 
> 
> But I operate off what I like to call "cool factor".  Sure, using 
> the internet 
> would be easier, but that is beside the point.  I enjoy the 
> challenge and 
> adventure of using a radio station to make DX contacts.  If I was to 
> cheat by 
> using an online SDR, or the internet in any form to complete my 
> contact, that 
> would defeat my original purpose for operating.  Sure, cheating 
> might help me 
> reach DXCC or some other award on 160, but it would still defeat the 
> fun and the 
> entire point.  And if I DXCCed that way, I wouldn't really enjoy 
> having the 
> DXCC.  All my fun comes from using RF to complete the contact. 
> 
> 
> VY 73 & CU on topband
> 
> de Trey KJ4FDV
> Birmingham AL     
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