Subj : Re: No license operators To : n2qfd From : jimmylogan Date : Sat May 18 2024 09:35 am -=> n2qfd wrote to tenser <=- n2> So, I haven't even bothered with the local club. It's not that I don't n2> value the things like having some nice digipeaters around for almost n2> no-one to use APRS on! It's the role crazed jerks. Yellow Vest+Radio n2> doesn't make you an authority any more than years in. And with just as n2> interesting of avenues outside the license I can play radio with my n2> Android, My WiFi gear heck even getting back to BBS and deciding to n2> start one here. I joined the local right before getting my ticket. Actually took my test with the club - but fell out as the monthly meeting confliced with a family get together that started. Now that I'm getting BACK into it, I might join again, but not high priority. Local traffic is practically NIL so I'm currently moving a mobile inside and putting an antenna on the roof to hopefully 'reach out' to areas where there IS a lot of chatter... n2> I'm a young ham in my mid 40's now and I've buried most of my n2> friends. I sometimes check into a DMR net which is just VoIP with more n2> steps. The conversation hasn't changes in 30 years and the n2> experimenters and the innovators don't seem to be there saying "hey I'm n2> trying this with my gear what do you think?" n2> Is is disappointing? Maybe a little, but things change. I'm working n2> some fun digital modes we didn't have but even that seems like it's too n2> much work for the many out there. >>Key up repeater|run down current n2> times|willfully forget that what it was, wasn't always there either.<< I haven't done anything with digital yet... I work in IT and when I get on the radio it's to have an analog conversation - kinda like BBS but with voice. :-) I do pop in to - oh what's it called - echolink? I almost said echonet but knew that wasn't right. LOL .... Old immortals don't die, they just... don't. --- MultiMail/Mac v0.52 * Origin: Digital Distortion: digdist.synchro.net (21:1/137)