On Tue, 29 Jun 2004, Ralph Blach wrote:
wrote:
"Dan/W4NTI" w4nti@get rid of this mindspring.com wrote in message
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Does anybody know why there weren't any Mexican station on at feild day.
I have heard lots of Canadian stations, but none from Mexico.
It would be nice if our friends from south of Border would participate.
Because the mexicans couldnt find a set of jumper cables to get the radios
started........
Well, I dont find that funny at all.
Apparently, you are unaware of the high level of poverty that exists in the
country to our south. The sad thing is that such a statement is probably more
true than it was humorous.
I don't have any recent statistics but in the mid 1990's, it took only about
$800/year [per person] for an average Mexican to cover all their living
expenses in rural Mexico. With a family size of 6, due to sharing of housing
and utilities (where available), that cost dropped to about $600/person.