Subj : Re: Hamshack Hotline
To   : dotslash
From : Chuck Finley
Date : Mon Mar 21 2022 09:08 pm

-=> dotslash wrote to All <=-

do> Hello Andre,

do> Fair enough, it does seem that at least one of the main ideas behind HH
do> is in fact EmComm, which does look a bit "stretchy". Even so, still not
do> a bad thing. Having played around with VoIP in a previous life, setting
do> up such a network is actually great fun even if it doesn't have
do> anything directly to do with RF. But then again you can level the same
do> criticism at DMR/DV/EchoLink over the internet, which doesn't make them
do> any less fun or relevant. You can also say the same of me playing with
do> old POCSAG pagers, welcome back to the 80's! :-D Still it's fun, and
do> with DAPNET we have a kinda/sorta world-wide pager network that can be
do> used. Even with RF involved (it uses UHF 439.987.500 in my specific
do> case), it's hard to find anything less "relevant".

I should get an old pager and cosplay as an 80's drug dealer. LOL

Seriously, though, I agree it's not 'relevant,' but fun doesn't have
to be. :-)





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