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- Subject: Info-Hams Digest V93 #1400
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- Info-Hams Digest Mon, 29 Nov 93 Volume 93 : Issue 1400
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- Today's Topics:
- Starter Station not so bad!
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- Date: Sun, 28 Nov 1993 08:34:57 GMT
- From: news.Hawaii.Edu!uhunix3.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu!jherman@ames.arpa
- Subject: Starter Station not so bad!
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
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- In article <CH6u4n.DE3@freenet.carleton.ca> al602@Freenet.carleton.ca (Jim Jindrick) writes:
- >
- >In a previous article, IQC109@URIACC.URI.EDU (Ken Carr..KB1AWV) says:
- >
- >>I recently read a post indicating that Ham Radio is overly expensive.
- >>I agree that it can be very expensive, but it does not have to be. I have
- >>a few examples:
- ........
- >>I'm easing my way into this hobby and I'll bet others could lowbuck it even
- >>better than I have!
- >>
- >
- >"Lowbuck" used to be half the challenge of ham radio -- often that mean't
- >QRP operation, too. Here's a contest idea -- put together a rig for under
- >$50 and see how many others with similar rigs can be contacted over a
- >weekend. CQ LOW $ . . . now what is Morse for $?
- >
- >WA9QYC
-
- $50? Geez, who has that kind of money to spend on radios? Now look, if
- you scrounge through your neighbors trash cans you'll find plenty of
- old bcst radios and TV sets. I haven't spent a buck on this hobby in
- years thanks to my neighbors. And you won't believe what our EE and
- geophysics departments here on campus throw out - my office is filled
- with so many electoncis goodies from them (including a URR-1051 receiver!).
- If you guys have any interest in QRP there is a QRP newsgroup via
- email - lots of building going on in that net. Email me and I'll tell
- you how to subscribe.
-
- Jeff NH6IL (jherman@hawaii.edu)
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