Just re-launched my BBS (the Midnight Express BBS) and wanted to know who many sysops are also HAM's...

Seems that there are quite alot...

Eric (K7ELH)
Conductor

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Re: Back online...
By: Conductor to All on Tue Nov 24 2015 09:54 pm

Just re-launched my BBS (the Midnight Express BBS) and wanted to know who many sysops are also HAM's...

Seems that there are quite alot...

Eric (K7ELH)

<raises hand>
73 de WX6YYZ

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Re: Back online...
By: Conductor to All on Tue Nov 24 2015 09:54 pm

Just re-launched my BBS (the Midnight Express BBS) and wanted to know who many sysops are also HAM's...

Seems that there are quite alot...

73 de K6BSD/VE5BSD


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Re: Back online...
By: Conductor to All on Tue Nov 24 2015 09:54 pm

Just re-launched my BBS (the Midnight Express BBS) and wanted to know who many sysops are also HAM's...

(Also rasies hand)
Greetings! Tim, KB9SNL here in southern Indiana area. Tech since 1998, General since 2005, Sysop back in the late 90s for a bit, and brought my board back in 2008 (bwrbbs.ddns.net).

Welcome to the foray!

A bunch of us should make an Echolink conference one of these days or something. With all that spare time we all have. Ha!

73 de KB9SNL

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telnet: bwrbbs.ddns.net web:home.backwoodrealm.com


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Re: Back online...
By: Deuce to Conductor on Thu Nov 26 2015 13:31:33

Just re-launched my BBS (the Midnight Express BBS) and wanted to know who many sysops are also HAM's...

I'm in the process of relaunching myself. Hopefully this msg goes out....but...I'm also a ham.

Tim
KG1GEM

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Tim Wray wrote to Conductor <=-

(Also rasies hand)
Greetings! Tim, KB9SNL here in southern Indiana area. Tech since 1998, General since 2005, Sysop back in the late 90s for a bit, and brought
my board back in 2008 (bwrbbs.ddns.net).
Welcome to the foray!

A bunch of us should make an Echolink conference one of these days or something. With all that spare time we all have. Ha!
73 de KB9SNL

Spare time?? What's that?!??

Eric, K7ELH


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Flyingaggie wrote to Deuce <=-

Just re-launched my BBS (the Midnight Express BBS) and wanted to know who many sysops are also HAM's...

I'm in the process of relaunching myself. Hopefully this msg goes out....but...I'm also a ham.
Tim
KG1GEM

Got you 595...

;-)

Eric, K7ELH

... The number you have dailed...Nine-one-one...has been changed.
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On 11/24/15, Conductor said the following...

Just re-launched my BBS (the Midnight Express BBS) and wanted to know
who many sysops are also HAM's...

Seems that there are quite alot...

KK4DSD here checking in!

-ZR

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Just re-launched my BBS (the Midnight Express BBS) and wanted to know who ma CO>sysops are also HAM's...

Seems that there are quite alot...

Eric (K7ELH)
Conductor

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Another ham here!

73 de KE5BMS
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Just re-launched my BBS (the Midnight Express BBS) and wanted to know who many sysops are also HAM's...

Seems that there are quite alot...

Eric (K7ELH)
Conductor

I'm one!

KD8ZRL

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Al Rowe wrote in a message to Conductor:

I'm one!

I'm studying the book in my spare time. At this rate I'll be 60 before I am licensed, but I will get there! ;)

Shawn
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Re: Back online...
By: Tiny to Al Rowe on Fri Dec 11 2015 03:25 pm

Al Rowe wrote in a message to Conductor:

I'm one!

I'm studying the book in my spare time. At this rate I'll be 60 before I am licensed, but I will get there! ;)

Shawn

i thought it was super easy to get a ham license now.
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Re: Back online...
By: Conductor to All on Tue Nov 24 2015 21:54:06

Just re-launched my BBS (the Midnight Express BBS) and wanted to know who ma sysops are also HAM's...

A bit late to the party, but me too! Need to catch up on dove more often...

73 de M0LXQ


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Mro wrote in a message to Tiny:

i thought it was super easy to get a ham license now.

It's not hard, just finding the time to study what is required to write the test is the hard part for me.

Shawn

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Re: Back online...
By: Conductor to All on Tue Nov 24 2015 21:54:06

who many sysops are also HAM's...

(raise hands)

sysop of the anybox.freedyndns.de BBS

73' Andreas - DC6AP
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On 12/14/15, Mro said the following...

i thought it was super easy to get a ham license now.

It really is. Read over a study guide or two, take online sample tests until you can pass consistently, and you're good to go. There is no more Morse code requirement. The technician level test can almost be passed just using common sense guessing.

I'm an examiner and I've seen 8-year-old kids come in after a weekend
cram class and ace the tech level exam.

Sadly, the majority of folks who get the ticket, never actually learn how to operate, or even use a radio at all.

-ZR

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Re: Re: Back online...
By: Zero Reader to Mro on Mon Dec 14 2015 07:40 pm

On 12/14/15, Mro said the following...

i thought it was super easy to get a ham license now.

It really is. Read over a study guide or two, take online sample tests
until you can pass consistently, and you're good to go. There is no more Morse code requirement. The technician level test can almost be passed just

they should have morse code. it might come in handy some day.
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On 12/15/15, Mro said the following...

they should have morse code. it might come in handy some day.

Indeed!

I got licensed after the code requirement was dropped, but there is a certain snobbery in the hobby towards "no-code" hams, so I made it a point to learn
it and actually use it. I wanted to get into hiking with radio and making contacts from mountain tops and code seemed the best way to do that reliably since it doesn't require a lot of power or complicated gear.

During the recent K1N expedition, code was the only way I managed to make a contact since the "pile-ups" for voice contacts were fierce.

It's a very unique and efficient method of communication once your brain gets past the initial shock of it! Anyone looking to get into CW ops, I'd suggest finding a local code guru to watch and learn from. Or maybe watch some YouTube videos. After that, it's a matter of listening and getting a knack for the
use of shorthand, prosigns, procedures, etc.

It's not easy, but if you can send and recognize your callsign and "5NN" (the universal or lazy signal report), you can work the world.

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Re: Back online...
By: Conductor to All on Tue Nov 24 2015 09:54 pm

Just re-launched my BBS (the Midnight Express BBS) and wanted to know who many sysops are also HAM's...

Seems that there are quite alot...

Eric (K7ELH)
Conductor

Hey Eric! Are you using VADV or Synch?

jah

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