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  • Re: As I Was On My Way...

    From JIMMY ANDERSON@1:116/18 to RICH LAWRENCE on Tue Jan 3 15:23:00 2017
    Rich Lawrence wrote to Ed Vance <=-

    On 12/13/16, Ed Vance said the following...

    Last week I noticed the Licence Plate on a parked automobile that read "144MHZ".

    I've seen bumper stickers with 146.52 on them. And on my car, I have a
    DX Engineering sticker. But I think the Comet antenna on my truck
    confirms I'm a Ham.

    Those are both cool. :-)

    Since I added a Diamond 770 antenna to my hood on the oppisite side from
    the factory radio antenna I've started to notice when other vehicles
    have aftermarket antennas too. :-)

    I didn't see any signs of an Whip Antenna, but figured if the car was owned by a Ham that they may be using a Hand Held Rig.

    I usually carry a HT with me in my backpack. Mostly so I can play on breaks from work, but also as a backup..

    I should probably be in the habit of it again... Stopped when I got my
    mobile, as the repeaters are too far away for me to reach well, but
    would be good as a backup for simplex with my wife...


    ... I'm not insensitive, I'm male. See the difference?
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