So, the short answer would be "because it's there." No particular utility in that, it's just that you want to ham it up. Something tells me that you might hike a ham rig into a wilderness mountain peak just see far how far you can reach. That's cool. I was just curious. On 12/7/02 2:23 PM, "David Walker" <dwalker_at_newwave.net> wrote: john wrote: >> Here we are coastal. That means mountains, Ham has some trouble with this. >> I'm not sure why you want to do this - other than a back-up safety radio. > > And Amateur > radio folks find reasons to operate their portable radio ..... And not solely > as a means of staying in contact > with other folks for safety or other reasons. Lets face it both groups are > geeks about their own elements of interest . Kayakers about the water and ham > operators about the behavior of electromagnetic waves. :-) *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sun Dec 08 2002 - 16:15:20 PST
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