[Uram-rejections] One month and counting...

Tue Dec 4 11:12:14 GMT 2018

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> "wicklowham" <wicklowham.nospam at rfburns.eu> wrote in message 
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> > On 02/12/2018 23:29, Ian Jackson wrote:
> >> In message <HKYMD.327573$ZZ3.232427 at fx18.am4>, Jim GM4DHJ ... 
> >> <jim.gm4dhj at ntlworld.com> writes
> >>>
> >>>> A sight- (and aerial-) impaired local amateur got a T199 (for Zello) a
> >>>> couple of weeks ago, and I got 'volunteered' to check it out and get it
> >>>> going. It could be a boon to him, because apart from participating in a
> >>>> couple of local 2m nets each week, his ability to have normal nation- 
> >>>> and
> >>>> world-wide QSOs has been non-existent for over 20 years.
> >>>>
> >>>> I am very impressed with what network radio can do - but I do have some
> >>>> obvious reservations. It allows amateurs (and others) to communicate 
> >>>> and
> >>>> stay in touch in circumstances where they might be unable to engage in
> >>>> little or no radio activity. On the other hand, while the behaviour is
> >>>> extremely well-mannered (moderated, and a world away from CB), there is 
> >>>> a
> >>>> distinct danger of licensed newcomers - and especially others who could 
> >>>> be
> >>>> attracted to amateur radio - picking up some extremely bizarre 
> >>>> operating
> >>>> practices (far more than we now increasing hear in present-day 'normal'
> >>>> radio QSOs.
> >>>>
> >>>> As for learning anything about amateur radio and radio communications,
> >>>> heard one guy who had absolutely no idea what he was really using, and 
> >>>> had
> >>>> to have it carefully explained to him that the longest RF link he was
> >>>> using was at from his 'radio' to the nearest phone mast, and otherwise 
> >>>> it
> >>>> was only from his 'radio' to his wi-fi internet router!
> >>>> Ian
> >>>
> >>> come to think of it I heard you on using his radio last night......I 
> >>> didn't
> >>> realise it was you or I would have called in but I was walking through
> >>> Hawick on the way back from the shops at the time ...I could hear your
> >>> reservations in your voice though.......but you sounded good.......hope 
> >>> he
> >>> has fun I'm sure he will .....
> >>>
> >> Mni tnx ur gd rpt. Wud hve been nice to QSO wid u!
> >>
> >> Hairy Paul told me that he had just updated his website with his 
> >> recommended settings (in Total Control), so I changed them as advised.
> >>
> >> This morning I took the T199 back to its owner, and changed the router 
> >> password from mine to his. It immediately started working, and the first 
> >> 'signal report' we got was from South Africa.
> >>
> >> As I've said elsewhere, "It's* amateur radio - but not as we know it..... 
> >> Jim".
> >> *More accurately, "It may pass for...... ".
> > =========
> > You could say it is Internet CB
> >
> > Frank ,     EI7KS
> 
> well you love it on there..... 
> 
> 
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