Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/11/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I agree - here in the snow belt as soon as three snowflakes hit people are on the cell system and it fails to be a means of communication - the little handheld that I use never fails - have the US Weather channel on, Have Skywarn and then whatever repeater I can hit. I don't do Ham radio anymore but still keep a license active for just this purpose. ernie N2PFL On Thursday, November 20, 2003, at 08:58 AM, grduprey@rockwellcollins.com wrote: > > > > > Jim > > Cell Phones suck compared to Ham Radio when talking to your friends in > other countries or even here at home... Cell Phones Suck in Emergency > situations, clogged up within 5 minutes... Ham Radio is far better for > meeting interesting people all around the world, Can't do that with > Cell > Phones... ham radio is far more fun/challenging than the internet > also. > > Gene K1GD > > > > > Jim Hemenway > <Jim@hemenway.com> To: > leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Sent by: cc: > owner-leica-users@mejac.palo Subject: > Re: [Leica] OT -now HAM RADIO...now Mac's > -alto.ca.us > > > 11/19/2003 02:02 PM > Please respond to > leica-users > > > > > > > EchoMac, HAM radio... haven't you guys heard of cell phones by now? :) > > Jim - http://www.hemenway.com > > > > markc@binaryfaith.com wrote: > >> I have a 1GHz Ti-Book with a gig of ram that I use for both HAM as >> well >> as photography. It really performes well. Except for EchoMAC which >> sucks >> compared to the Windows version. >> >> -Mark (KG6RQL) Cohen >> >> Thus spake Jim Hemenway (Jim@hemenway.com): >> >> >>> My son hitches up his Ti-book to my Epson 836 scanner and to the 2200 >>> printer, from time to time... and gets excellent results. >>> >>> He's itching to replace the Ti-book with one of Apple's latest. >>> >>> Jim - http://www.hemenway.com >>> >>> >>> >>> grduprey@rockwellcollins.com wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> OK Now that several of you have made me eat my words on Ham >>>> software for >>>> Macs. Of those of you out there who use Macs, do any of you use >>>> their >>>> Laptops? If so what do you recommend? I want something that will >>>> also > be >>>> great for Photo purposes etc. How do the current crop of scanners >>>> work >>>> with them? >>>> >>>> Gene >>>> > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html