Hi Byron,

Would you mind sharing with all of us exactly how you keep up with email, internet etc. via ham radio?

Thanks,
Gary and Sandi

At 10:45 AM 25-01-99 -0500, you wrote:
 

In a message dated 1/24/99 2:38:28 PM Mountain Standard Time, brianjoan@attcanada.net writes:

Ours cost $75. for a five year period>

I'm certain that Doug and the others have zeroed in on this point, but the Amateur Radio Service license is far less expensive than that. Our's sets us back a whopping 6 bucks and that's actually for the exam session and not the license. Better yet, it's for ten years, renewable for the rest of your life. Doesn't get much cheaper!

And it gets to be a much better deal than THAT when you understand that hams have access to milions and millions of frequencies at no charge, access to a couple of dozen orbitting satellites, use of 80-some odd transmission modes, including several forms of television and image transmissions, and close to two dozen digital modes.

OH, but it gets better. As an Airstreamer now, on a full-time basis, and as a software consultant, I MUST have access to the net. But ... considering my lifestyle ... I don't always have access to a telephone line.

Again, Amateur Radio to the rescue. I can get every ounce of email that I want, by way of ham radio. Here in my little Bambi, sitting right on the little dinette table is enough equipment to keep me in constant email contact, 24 hours a day if I wish, with all my email addressees.

And since we changed the rules so dramatically in 1991, the beginner has virtually all of the frequencies, almost all of the satellite capability, ALL of the power output, and ALL of the mode capabilities that even the "highest" ranking radio amateur has. Without a lick of Morse Code.

I luvvit, luvvit, LUVVIT!!! Oh, but you figured that out by now...

Best regards,

Byron Hurder, KY1T

Gary and Sandi, WBCCI #9362 VAC and Amateur Radio
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