Hi,

I have just connected to this echo. Is there any other traffic other than solar
reports?

Russell

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I have just connected to this echo. Is there any other traffic other
solar reports?

Yes, though it's hardly chatty. Some discussion of typical ham topics
can be found from time to time.

-c-

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Hi Craig,

I have just connected to this echo. Is there any other traffic other
solar reports?

Yes, though it's hardly chatty. Some discussion of typical ham
topics
can be found from time to time.

Mmm..., will stay connected and see, maybe I will get off my butt and get myself a ticket, 5 words a minute morse, should not be too difficult to achieve, and if I brush up my electronics knowledge a little I just might pass the operators ticket (lisence), nearly did a few years ago, but got side tracked by computers.

Russell

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Hi Roy,

I have just connected to this echo. Is there any other traffic other
than solar reports?

Besides the Solar report, your own Richard Peer does a SA Radio
weekly
and Paul Williams does an AMSAT report. The only way you'll get something
else going is to pick a subject and either ask questions or start a conversation about something. There aren't many HAMs left in
Fidonet, and
with more Amateur Radio echoes than HAMs, the topics sometimes gets spread
pretty thin.

Mmm..., okay, will hang around and see what happens. :-)

Russell

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Very little except for the solar reports and the weekly South African Radio Amateur bulletin.

Thanks.

Russell

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I have just connected to this echo. Is there any other traffic ot
solar reports?

Yes, though it's hardly chatty.

Mmm..., will stay connected and see..

Glad to have you around!

..maybe I will get off my butt
and get myself a ticket, 5 words a minute morse, should not be too difficult..

Nope. Should be able to get that down in a short time. I don't know if
the ARRL has web-based code practice, but there are many programs. W1AW
code practice would probably be quite difficult to receive consistently
in ZA-land.

I don't know the testing regimen, but 5wpm shouldn't be hard. Entry
level theory testing also shouldn't be hard, probably a fair amount
of rote memorizing of band limits and the like.

-c-

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Hello Russell.

27 Mar 01 19:21, you wrote to All:

I have just connected to this echo. Is there any other traffic other
than solar reports?

Besides the Solar report, your own Richard Peer does a SA Radio weekly
and Paul Williams does an AMSAT report. The only way you'll get something
else going is to pick a subject and either ask questions or start a conversation about something. There aren't many HAMs left in Fidonet, and
with more Amateur Radio echoes than HAMs, the topics sometimes gets spread pretty thin.





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In a message dated 03-27-01, Russell Tiedt said to All:

Hi,

I have just connected to this echo. Is there any other traffic other
than solar reports?

Hi Russell,

Very little except for the solar reports and the weekly South African
Radio Amateur bulletin.

Have a nice day,

Sam, OH0NC

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From: sinip@hamhq.yfnet.org.yu (SINISA PAVLOVIC)
Reply-To: sinip@hamhq.yfnet.org.yu (SINISA PAVLOVIC)

RUSSELL TIEDT wrote to ALL on 03-27-01 19:21<=-

From: Russell Tiedt <Russell.Tiedt@f1.n7105.z5.fidonet.org>
Message-ID: <MSGID_5=3A7105=2F1_3ac0e7cc@fidonet.org>

Hi,

I have just connected to this echo. Is there any other traffic
other than solar reports?

And I have just re-connected after a long while... :-)) And I certainly
hope that there is other traffic as well.

Posjetite: http://www.sinisapavlovic.com

Pozdrav iz Doboja, RS. mailto:4n4da@qsl.net


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Hi Craig,

Glad to have you around!

..maybe I will get off my butt
and get myself a ticket, 5 words a minute morse, should not be too
difficult..

Nope. Should be able to get that down in a short time. I don't know
if
the ARRL has web-based code practice, but there are many programs.
W1AW
code practice would probably be quite difficult to receive
consistently
in ZA-land.

Code practice as in recieved over the air is not a possibility as I currently don't have any equipment. But I do have thee audio tape cassettes for morse code practice, which I have not had time to use recently as I am busy rebuilding my system after WINNT and a Linux gotha I missed trashed all my HDD partions, a sorry state of affairs, but as they say in the classics, shit happens. :-((

I don't know the testing regimen, but 5wpm shouldn't be hard. Entry
level theory testing also shouldn't be hard, probably a fair amount
of rote memorizing of band limits and the like.

I believe that one has to send at 5wpm for three minutes and recieve a message correctly sent a 5wpm over a 5 minute interval.

Over the years I have aquired enough manuals for the learning part, now just need to get an updated version of the new Laws of the Land regulating Ham Radio
in ZA land. These have changed since I last looked into getting a HAM Radio Lisence.

Russell



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..maybe I will get off my butt
and get myself a ticket, 5 words a minute morse, should not be
too difficult..

Nope. Should be able to get that down in a short time.

Code practice as in recieved over the air is not a possibility as I c
don't have any equipment. But I do have thee audio tape cassettes for
code practice, which I have not had time to use recently as I am busy rebuilding my system after WINNT and a Linux gotha I missed trashed a partions, a sorry state of affairs..

Ouch! Problem I found with the tapes is that you eventually memorize
them. I have a great old Heathkit morse keyboard with a random practice
mode. I'd bet there are many programs, even DOS, for code practice. I
wrote one years ago for the old TI-99/4A. The machine was so slow it
couldn't send over about 13wpm..

I don't know the testing regimen, but 5wpm shouldn't be hard.

I believe that one has to send at 5wpm for three minutes and recieve
a message correctly sent a 5wpm over a 5 minute interval.

5wpm is almost lobotomy speed. Should be able to do that pretty
quickly.

Over the years I have aquired enough manuals for the learning part, n
need to get an updated version of the new Laws of the Land
regulating Ham Radio in ZA land. These have changed since I last
looked into getting a HAM Radio Lisence.

Must be something on the web, somewhere. Does your local radio society
have a web site?

-c-

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code practice, which I have not had time to use recently as I am busy
rebuilding my system after WINNT and a Linux gotha I missed trashed a
partions, a sorry state of affairs..

Ouch! Problem I found with the tapes is that you eventually memorize them. I have a great old Heathkit morse keyboard with a random
practice
mode. I'd bet there are many programs, even DOS, for code practice.
I
wrote one years ago for the old TI-99/4A. The machine was so slow it couldn't send over about 13wpm..

Will get around to looking as soon as my system gets back to normal.

I don't know the testing regimen, but 5wpm shouldn't be hard.

I believe that one has to send at 5wpm for three minutes and recieve
a message correctly sent a 5wpm over a 5 minute interval.

5wpm is almost lobotomy speed. Should be able to do that pretty
quickly.

Just need to learn the code, and get the hand muscles syncronised.

Over the years I have aquired enough manuals for the learning part, n
need to get an updated version of the new Laws of the Land
regulating Ham Radio in ZA land. These have changed since I last
looked into getting a HAM Radio Lisence.

Must be something on the web, somewhere. Does your local radio
society
have a web site?

Yeah, noticed they sell the legal booklet quite cheap, will order it.

Russell

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From: sinip@hamhq.yfnet.org.yu (SINISA PAVLOVIC)
Reply-To: sinip@hamhq.yfnet.org.yu (SINISA PAVLOVIC)

RUSSELL TIEDT wrote to ALL on 03-27-01 19:21<=-

From: Russell Tiedt <Russell.Tiedt@f1.n7105.z5.fidonet.org>
Message-ID: <MSGID_5=3A7105=2F1_3ac0e7cc@fidonet.org>

Hi,

I have just connected to this echo. Is there any other traffic
other than solar reports?

And I have just re-connected after a long while... :-)) And I certainly
hope that there is other traffic as well.

Posjetite: http://www.sinisapavlovic.com

Pozdrav iz Doboja, RS. mailto:4n4da@qsl.net


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