Re: [Leica] OT - Dayton Hamvention

["Bill Grimwood" <bill@grimwood.net>]

Thanks for the mention of Dayton.  Please give us a full report and post
your photos so I can see them.  Did you see the new Icom HF rig?


Bill Grimwood


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Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 8:00 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] OT - Dayton Hamvention


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> I'm not sure I would say the internet is more reliable as both it and cell
> phones are the first to jam up and break don in an emergency, and good old
> Ham radio is the one most relied on in these situations.
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> By the way the Dayton Hamvention was great, ran into some Leica users and
> chatted a bit with them.   Will have some photos to share later this week.
>
> Gene
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>                       05/14/2003 01:29 PM

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> I think that the word "magic" about sums it up.  I have maintained my
> license since I was 15. I sometimes don't operate for a year or two, but I
> always come back to it. I learned the hard way not to sell my equipment
> during the lulls.
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> The internet is wonderful, and far more efficient than ham radio.  But
> radio is indeed magic.  There is something Romantic about casting one's
> thoughts to the "winds" (i.e. the ionosphere) and seeing where they land.
> New digital modes like PSK31 and its cousins allow someone with simple
> antennas and low power to reliably communicate globally and
> conversationally-- something previously limited to "big gun" stations or
> ace Morse Code operators.
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> And then there's satellites.  The thrill of hearing my own voice come back
> from 30 to 40,000 kms in space, with a 1/4 second delay--ranks up there
> with seeing my first wet print come up in a tray.  Hearing someone with a
> thick foreign accent call me by name from thousands of miles away.  Or
> admiring my first wide-open available light shot from a 50 DR Summicron,
> and realizing that I could do like HCB and Eisie. . .
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> Ah, youthful memories. And yes, here's to understanding wives.
>
> de KD7MW
> --Peter
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> Gene wrote:
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> > I think that the Internet offers "magic" to today's generation as
> > well. There's magic in most everything that you find interesting. I'm
> > not sure which held the most magic for me: seeing that first print
> > come up in the developer or tuning Radio Japan on the 3 tube
> > regenerative receiver that I built myself. In fact, I got my first
> > adjustable camera, a Kodak Pony 135, the same year I built the
> > receiver. Electronics and photography have been life long hobbies.
> > Over the years I've added some others that also require expensive
> > toys. Sure thankful for SWMBO who understands boys and their toys.
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