Re: [Leica] ham leica radio

[Robert Clark <rclark01@comcast.net>]

Hey Kyle....enjoyed the QSO at Jim's QTH......never got into that vhf 
stuff....hf for me.

73 NJ4J
Robert Clark

Kyle Cassidy wrote:

>i was big into ham radio for a while, it was so amazingly awesome to be
>talking to someone while you were on your way to see them "turn left at the
>corner, i'm standing out on the street, can you see me? that's me waving!"
>it was mind bogglingly cool. what was _not_ cool was laying in bed and
>forgetting to turn the radio off, so you hear this conversation on the local
>repeater while you're trying to fall asleep:
>
>"well bob, i'm just, hold on a second here,"
>"okay"
>"yeah, just shifted into third."
>"yeah."
>"i'll tell ya, drivers today ... almost cut me right off ... "
>"sheesh."
>"did you hear tim on today?"
>"nah. tim's in plainsfield."
>"right. right. picking up those oranges?"
>"dialisis."
>"right. right. hold on a second here."
>"yeah."
>"say, you ever get that roll of coax?"
>"i was gonna go pick it up thursday."
>"yeah."
>"never did."
>"how much was there?"
>"bout 8 feet i think. might get the antenna up on the roof."
>"yeah."
>"yaknow that durn whatchacallit, building that brick, um,"
>"yeah?"
>"that building, the bank..."
>"first national?"
>"no ..."
>"second national?"
>"um no, not that one,"
>"suburban fidelity?"
>"nah, the one with the sign,"
>"oh yeah."
>"it'll come to me in a minute,"
>"right. union bank?"
>"no. oh, wait, yeah, it's ..."
>"yeah?"
>"it's the bank of wakefield, that building they put up, it makes a dead
>spot, yea know, i can't hit the tower over by abe's place anymore."
>"oh yeah."
>"so i gotta move my antenna about eight feet."
>"yeah."
>"gotta get up on the roof. but my hip's not so good."
>"no."
>"and i gotta get that coax."
>"yeah. say, maybe al could help you."
>"young al?"
>"yeah, young al. he's a great guy."
>"yeah. remember his 75th birthday party?"
>"ayah."
>
>
>for about TWELVE HOURS.
>
>once i got a cell phone, i never looked back.
>
>73,
>
>kb2rvy
>
>kc
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