[TowerTalk] Fwd: MFJ QRT on May 17, 2024

[Jim Brown]

On 4/28/2024 7:03 AM, Mike Fatchett W0MU wrote:
> Why does there have to be so much hate for people doing a legal ham 
> radio activity?  Do you get his name, resume and weather report working 
> dx pileups or contests?  Nope.  I guess that is not ham radio either. 
> Did he/she discuss all their health issues? Nope.  Sorry not a real 
> contact. Satellite, I guess that is not a real QSO either.  Use a code 
> reader... Sorry no good.  What else?

Right on, brother!  I've been primarily a CW op since 1956. At least a 
couple of decades ago, I got bored to death with ragchewing in any mode, 
except for conversation on our club repeater about projects we were 
involved with.

To me, ham radio is about RADIO. Station building, antennas, rigs, 
understanding propagation. On the air, I'm mostly contesting, 
occasionally picking up new band countries. I've been having a lot of 
fun on 60M FT8. It's 100W EIRP in the US, I'm loading an 80M dipole. 90 
countries worked, 84 confirmed, LOTW only.

73, Jim K9YC