[Boatanchors] Just had a long talk with Duane Fischer.

[Phil]

Hi all,
I've recently left a couple messages on Duane's answering machine and 
just got off the horn after a long conversation with him (he called me), 
and he's doing well and in reasonably good health.  He just hasn't been 
doing much email lately (he's still on dial-up).

He's been following a couple other pursuits, one is his interest in 
astronomy.

He said conditions on the 40M net have been terrible and he's not been 
very active there.  He was excited about a recent QSO with Reunion 
Island, the first new country he's had in awhile.

-- 
73 de Phil,  KO6BB
http://www.qsl.net/ko6bb/  (Web Page)

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