Subj : Re: D-Star
To   : Tom Walker
From : Holger Granholm
Date : Tue Jan 12 2016 09:41 am

In a message on Tuesday 01-11-16 Tom Walker said to Holger Granholm:

GM Tom,

HG>DW>> Me, I'm busy playing with my D-STAR rigs.  :)

HG>BS>      With HF bands going for $#!t, and the sunspot 11-year cycle on
HG>BS> the decline, I really enjoy D-STAR contacts all over the world,

HG>That's not ham radio, real ham (amateur) radio works from your antenna
HG>to the other hams antenna, directly with radio waves as medium.

TW> Well Said and my View also.
TW> There is NO Skill or Chalendge to operating a Ham Radio over the
TW> Internet

You can do the same using Skype on the Internet. Just look at the TV
newscast, how the reporters report from various places in the world,
via Internet.

CU SN AGN, de OH0NC

Holger

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