[R-390] Regional distribution of list members

Barry n4buq at knology.net
Sun Aug 14 16:43:26 EDT 2011


Add me to the list.  Huntsville, AL.

Barry - N4BUQ


 On Sun 14/08/11 10:51 AM , Tisha Hayes tisha.hayes at gmail.com sent:
> We are indeed well represented on the list. I count at least three of us
> inAlabama, two in TN, two in MS, a bunch in LA.
> 
> I think that generally speaking we all have a bit more land than a city
> dweller would have in some place like Philadelphia or Lansing. More room
> forantennas.
> 
> Generally speaking our electric utility rates are lower so it is easier
> forus to run a tube based radio nearly continuously.  I would not try that
> upnorth where you may be paying up to 15 cents/KHh but some of us have
> electric rates down around 4 cents/KWh.
> 
> Looking at the amateur radio operator distribution (that is only
> looselytied to R-39x/x) then "4 land" is one of the more saturated places.
> 
> Generally speaking, the deep south has fewer (damn yankees )
> movinginto it. They skip past us on the way to Florida.
> 
> I know that Perry is up in Manchester TN, Randy and Sherry are in
> MeridianMS, Sandy is up in the Knoxville/Gatlinburg/ Johnson City TN area, Bob
> isover there in VA (btw, early on the capital of the confederacy was in
> Montgomery AL), we have folks scattered across LA.
> 
> I almost need a map with push pins to keep track of where everyone is.
> 
> (hiding out in NE Alabama (2 miles north of Gadsden)
> Ms. Tisha Hayes/ AA4HA
> -
> *"Learning is not virtue but the means to bring us an acquaintance with
> it.Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without
> integrity is dangerous and dreadful. Let these be your motives to
> actionthrough life, the relief of the distressed, the detection of frauds,
> thedefeat of oppression, and diffusion of happiness."  -- Nathanael
> Greene*______________________________________________________________
> R-390 mailing list
> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/r-390Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htmPost: R-390 at m
> ailman.qth.net
> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.netPlease help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
> 
> 



More information about the R-390 mailing list