Are you familiar with QRZ lookup, Ralph ??? If not, I will PM you his address.
yep - you have no idea.....
I took a small glass of his wine and warmed it up in the microwave last night ( actually it was early this morning come to think of it )- sipped on it for a while and when I woke at 6 am the cold was gone!

I think that is a bummer. I am more of a traditionalist. Even though I couldn't cut it (didn't try hard enough), that shouldn't have happened. They should have kept it for the highest level at least.
Agreed, that's the main reason that I haven't been on the radio in a while. Besides, the people on this thread are much nicer.![]()


Agreed, that's the main reason that I haven't been on the radio in a while. Besides, the people on this thread are much nicer.![]()

Unless I fall asleep when you are at the ankles![]()
Well maybe the rest of them -you haven't meet me in real life yet.![]()



Ok, I will correct my statement: the people on this thread are much nicer, except bossladyzeldaMary.
Check your PM box, Ralph.
I'm on my way home. If I miss you have a good night.
If you are still here I will see you before long.
I'm nice 90% of the time![]()


Are you familiar with QRZ lookup, Ralph ??? If not, I will PM you his address.
Agreed, that's the main reason that I haven't been on the radio in a while. Besides, the people on this thread are much nicer.![]()
The other 10% of the time, you want to shoot flaming arrows at monsters in the woods.![]()
Thanks Jerry. Got it.
The other side of the coin is that I think it got harder to attract new folks into AR. Its too easy for the kids to use the internet to communicate long distances or get wow'd by an iPhone or a WII. The code thing was a big hurdle for the younger crowd, so they dumbed it down to keep the numbers up.
Yeah, but it's much easier for them to set up a computer and hook up an internet connection, than put up antennas and run coax cable to the radio. Ham Radio is a dying hobby, most of us are middle age or older. The only "kids" that I hear on the radio are children of hams, or ones who buy HT's and use the 2 meter repeaters. They tire of that quickly and disappear.
