Subj : Re: CQCQ
To : David Abutbul
From : Jimmy Anderson
Date : Sun Aug 19 2018 07:55 am
-=> David Abutbul wrote to Jimmy Anderson <=-
JA> are scanning they might miss me too. I always wonder if no one is there
JA> or if everyone is like me and waiting to see if someone ELSE is there.
DA> I feel you :) our local repeaters are often silent, although DMR had
DA> gained some popularity but not too many young joiners to the hobby.
Yeah, some DMR here, but I haven't jumped into that. No budget for new
stuff right now...
DA> I am 34 and most hams I know locally are older, or considerably older.
Well I'm 51, but only got into this about 2 or 3 years ago. :-) There
are some around here younger, but most are older than me. :-) Several
of them are ex-military as well.
DA> I understand this is not the same for USA and Japan.