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Old November 28th 11, 03:06 AM posted to rec.radio.shortwave
John Smith[_7_] John Smith[_7_] is offline
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Default Ham licenses soar...

On 11/27/2011 6:46 PM, Brenda Ann wrote:


"DEFCON 88" wrote in message
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On Nov 26, 2:54 pm, John Smith wrote:

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True, the cell phone is a much more usable piece of equipment, and in
most cases, much more powerful equipment than your average ham station,
but good point, it doesn't require anymore effort than the ham equipment


[...]

At least most ham stations don't have that ****ty "gurgle gurgle" cell
phone audio.


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Nor do they require a vast infrastructure without which they would be
useless.



A reason a person would keep their backup dusted off, their gun
lubricated, their gold safe, their food supplies secured, and their safe
house safe, etc!

Regards,
JS