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KB2VXA > PACKET 29.12.13 18:02l 40 Lines 2103 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
BID : 49215_VK6ZRT
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Subj: Re: VK2AWZ > not enough
Path: IZ3LSV<IK2XDE<DB0RES<DB0ANF<CX2SA<VE3UIL<VK6ZRT
Sent: 131229/1657Z @:VK6ZRT.#BUN.#WA.AUS.OC #:49215 [Boyanup] $:49215_VK6ZRT
From: KB2VXA@VK6ZRT.#BUN.#WA.AUS.OC
To : PACKET@WW
Hi Dave and all,
Your complaints are noted, but there is good reason behind them, for one VHF
FM and repeaters aren't as popular as they once were. Try listening down the
band for weak signal modes, while there never was all that much activity
except during band openings, SSB in particular hasn't noticably changed.
Mesides, it can't be beat except by CW as always for the distance and you'll
find CW down there too if down under is anything like North America.
APRS however is a horse of another color and one of the magnets that drew
users from packet. It used to be a clumsy turtle taking nearly a month for
the map to fill out but that was the nature of the radio relay beast. For
that reason I got disgusted with the old APRS DOS program and dumped it. Now
APRS uses the internet which of course is much faster and its popularity grew
by leaps and bounds. Land line lids? Don't make me laugh, I grew out of the
radio only purity knickers long ago. As for stations not moving, I've kept in
touch with my old sysop Ray VK2TV who shut down his BBS/node causing me to
migrate to this one but he kept his APRS station and the mobile. He's
currently on holiday in the caravan which remained parked at a friend's house
for a week, there's a good case of not moving. Of course the station in
Kempsey, NSW doesn't move but no sooner had he left it spat the dummy, he
suspects the HD and it took the FTP server with it. That's how I found out, I
tried to upload something and couldn't connect. Well, he'll fix it sooner or
later, meanwhile a nearby APRS takes up the slack which is how I'm able to
track him.
All is not lost, VHF and up may not be as popular as it once was but HF still
is, the lack of sunspots doesn't hurt all that much when smart hams migrate
to lower frequencies. 160 and 80/75M is popular as ever so like Bob Barker,
host of a popular game sshow said; "Come on down!"
73 de Warren
Station powered by JCP&L atomic energy, operator powered by natural gas.
Message timed by NIST: 29-Dec-2013 at 16:49 GMT
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