Very good James -- we can agree on that I am sure.

Interesting discussion and views.

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73 From The Signal In The Noise
Caveat Lector Ya All
"James Nipper" wrote in message
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To Caveat Lector :


Yes, yes, I agree 100 % that hams talking together on the internet is a
good thing, but my one and only point is that if you are talking on the
internet then you are INTERNETING NOT HAMMING !!!!!!!!!!!


This does not in any way cast a bad name on echo-linkers or whatever you
call them, it just states a fact of life that interneting isn't hamming.
If
they have fun doing that, then I support them 100%. But to pretend
that
talking on the internet has any connection whatsoever to ham radio is that
same as saying the quilt-making is the same thing as race car driving.
You
can say that are the same, but it ain't so !!!!


73 de Jim K4PYT

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Well Jim
If I contact VK#xx on 20M and we talk about emergency orgs in our two
countries
or benefits of an antenna modeling program
or a mutual invite to visit each other should we travel ----- then we are
"Hamming".

If the band goes out and we switch to echolink and continue the QSO --
then
we are NOT "Hamming" !

If an emergency occurs and the Lids are jammed up on 2M -- thats hamming
If I use echolink and get thru -- thats not hamming ?

You made a very important point i.e., "they (Hams) are using the internet
to
communicate"
Now that gotta be a good thing.
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73 From The Signal In The Noise
Caveat Lector Ya All
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