[TowerTalk] Non-hams on TT

[Bgsalesmel at cs.com]

Interesting observation - perhaps we have some % of "stealth hams" involved 
AND, just maybe, we have some new/wonderlings to the hobby we call Ham 
Radio....just "looking" at the moment but thinking about doing something in the radio 
world. Perhaps some of them are overseas and have an entire different set of 
rules and circumstances to contend with...

What this made me think about was the "family of friends" or loose fraternity 
we are existing within - scattered across this planet. Perhaps what we "say" 
to each other via e-mails' will influence some of these directly or indirectly 
to take the next step towards their ticket. When they see this free exchange 
of info and ideas - with helping hands involved - they will figure out that we 
are not just "mad science mongers" frying the ozone. I know that I have 
learned a bunch being on this reflector over the years and have been able to help 
some of my local ham friends make good choices because of it.

Thanks for the bandwidth and thanks for being here... 73, Mel KD7DCR

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Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 13:22:39 -0400
From: "RICHARD BOYD" <ke3q at msn.com>
Subject: [TowerTalk] non-hams on Towertalk
To: "towertalk reflector" <towertalk at contesting.com>
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You may have noticed, as I have, that we seem to have a lot of non-hams who 
read Towertalk.  That's okay, just interesting.  Personally, whenever I see 
a message without a callsign, I assume it's a non-ham.  Hams would put their 
callsign.  73 - KE3Q