From: bart - Find messages by this author
Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2005 07:29:44 GMT
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Subject: 7800 10K dollars. record breaking price
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On Sun, 6 Feb 2005 01:49:21 +0100, "Jim Phelps"
wrote:



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Your generalization on the age and income of ham ops is outside of
reality.
Ham radio offers a unique benefit that no computer network or
operating
system can give. Join a ham club and become involved. Involved in
your
community and local disaster preparedness team. The most fun and
fulfillment I've ever had as a Ham is working those events. Try that
with a
network gaming session.



Disaster preparedness? Hams? LOL! I was involved in a backcountry
avalanche years ago & could only get one ham repeater in the area,
when I announced that I had an emergency ,the folks on the repeater
suddenly went silent (no help or response)!
A few years later I joined ( temporarily) a ham emerg/disaster
group..I didn't stick around long because of the infighting/language
issues..a bunch of uncoordinated clowns with the physical , social and
mental charcteristics of water filled balloons!


heh that is funny, I heard this happens.