[Fists] wheres the fun? SKED with NW3N
Richard A. Stern
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Fri, 19 Apr 2002 08:30:53 -0400
Jeff,
Thats great... SAT or SUN is fine with me.
I have two nets to check in tonite. So tonite is not good for me.
later.. Rich
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Davis" <[email protected]>
To: "Richard A. Stern" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 6:27 AM
Subject: Re: [Fists] wheres the fun?
> Hello Rich!
>
> The RCC is the only ARRL wallpaper in my shack too!!
>
> Perhaps sometime this weekend we could hook up if you feel like it? I
> see that you are in MD and I am in IN so 20 meters should work FB for
> us. When I get home from work tonight I will scope out the weekends
> activities and drop you a note if the XYL has made no other plans for
> my life! HI HI
>
> Thanks much for your note, I look forward to meeting you on the band,
>
> Vy 73 de Jeff, N9AVG
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Richard A. Stern" <[email protected]>
> To: "Jeff Davis" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 12:10 AM
> Subject: Re: [Fists] wheres the fun?
>
>
> Hey Jeff,
>
> That's the only award I have from ARRL and I didn't even request it.
> I'm
> kind of proud of that one. Anyway, I find that rag-chewing helps my
> code all
> around. If I want to rag-chew I'll usually qsy off the FISTS calling
> freq.
>
> Sometimes I'm not in the mood to ragechew,though. I have problems with
> my
> back and nervous system. I have good days and some really terrible
> "stick my
> head in the sand" days.
> But I'll rag-chew whenever I get the chance.
>
> If we both rag-chew than we could get the FISTS ragchew award. It will
> look
> really great next to my ARRL "Rag Chewers Club Award"...HI...HI
>
> All joking aside if you want to make a sked on 14.055.00 after 20:30
> EST.
> I'll warm my Vibroplex up and start the chew'n...
>
> later.. I got to QRT , my dogs
> chew'n
> on my coax
>
> NW3N ( Rich)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeff Davis" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>; "Fists" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 11:53 PM
> Subject: Re: [Fists] wheres the fun?
>
>
> > The gift of gab isn't easy to come by ... I tune the bands each
> > evening and always find someone sending CQ on CW. I answer them and
> > about the time we have traded RST, names, QTH, rig and WX info they
> > tell me, "well abt time for chow BT tnx fer fb QSO BT 73 73".
> >
> > I suppose they could be sending that with their memory keyer too ...
> > not much different than your experience on psk31, eh?
> >
> > Yawn. Everybody chases numbers but nobody wants to chat. Everybody
> > wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die. Where have all the
> > ragchewers gone?
> >
> > 73 de Jeff, N9AVG
> > FISTS #6641
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <[email protected]>
> > To: "Fists" <[email protected]>
> > Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 9:54 PM
> > Subject: [Fists] wheres the fun?
> >
> >
> > With all of the attention that digital psk mode is getting and the
> > fact
> > that the fcc wants to promote amateur digital and looks to be
> willing
> > to
> > give in to the arrl refarming proposal, I decided that it was time
> to
> > try it. So the other day I built an interface and in less than 2
> days
> > was bored with it. Where is the fun of it.? I don't see it. It
> > certainly don't take any skill to work it. Its about as boring as an
> > AOL
> > chat room and even then I get much longer qso's out of cw most of
> the
> > time. On psk you use macro's to type "ur IMD is xx, an info file and
> a
> > brag file and then you say goodbye". Geez they got a mode that
> anyone
> > who can read can understand without having to try, and people still
> > won't hold a ragchew to save their bacon.
> >
> >
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