Subj : D-Star To : Holger Granholm From : Richard Menedetter Date : Thu Feb 18 2016 02:59 pm Hi Holger! 16 Feb 2016 09:28, from Holger Granholm -> Richard Menedetter: RM>> The ONLY thing I wanted to express is that I do NOT agree with the RM>> viewpoint that only shortwave is HAM, everything else not. HG> Now you're really barking up the wrong tree. Great, so we agree to agree ;)) HG> I've worked 5-band and 3.5 MHz DXCC, worked on all bands from 3.5MHz HG> to 10GHz, on CW, AM and SSB, built my own gear, among them the first HG> SSB transmitter in OH, and won a lot of contests on HF, VHF, UHF and HG> SHF. Very interesting ... never played with extremely high frequencies. The 10GHz was satelite? HG> I admit that I'm maybe not an average ham, but that is because of my HG> technical education. What I wanted to say is points of view that a majority of HAMs subscribe to. In a field that is as diverse as the HAM hobby ... I do not think that there is an average HAM ;)) But this is exactly the thing that fascinates me the most. A very diverse comunity, where most encourage the experimentation. Actually that is even in the law here ... technical, experimental radio ;) CU, Ricsi --- GoldED+/LNX * Origin: fido.ricsi.priv.at (2:310/31) .