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- From: forozco@nmsu.edu (OROZCO)
- Subject: Re: illegals (was: Re: Radio Shack Business Band Radio)
- In-Reply-To: randolph@est.enet.dec.com's message of 21 Jan 93 21:27:57 GMT
- Message-ID: <FOROZCO.93Jan22173548@dante.nmsu.edu>
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- Organization: NMSU Computer Science
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- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 00:35:48 GMT
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- Here is my story about Radio Shack and their 2m rig:
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- One day i went to get a serial port adapter for my computer, and when
- i was waiting for the guy to go get it from the back of the store, I
- asked the other employee to let me see the 2 meter rig. He quickly
- took it out of the counter and handed it to me, without an antenna.
- Then, I said something like "Can I have the Antenna for the radio, I
- would like to see how the transmitter works". I was really suprised
- when the guy gave me the antenna and got the radio all set for me to
- transmit!! I did make one or two qso's on the local repeater (yes, I
- *do* have a license) and after the other guy came back with my
- adaptor, i returned the rig and told the guy something like "By the
- way, here is a copy of my ham radio license". Again, I was really
- surprised when the guy said "OK, but I don't really need to see that"!
- I don't think it's right to let anyone who comes into the store use a
- 2m rig (or any ham radio transmitter) just because he asks for it. I
- think that if someone wants to try out a rig, the Radio Shack people
- should at least request a copy of the ham radio license.
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- 73's de Luis
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- *******my opinions only********
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- Luis F. Orozco N 5 U H B
- forozco@dante.nmsu.edu g o o
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