Browsing this board from Diamond Mine and it seems the last activity was over 2 years ago... not sure if these boards actually get used anymore!

If any hams are out there, feel free to reply :)
I need to get my TS-820S back on the air! I think the radio is in good shape, I just need to set up an antenna and find an operating position in my apartment. I want to pick up a spare set of final tubes just in case mine ever go out.

73!
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Hello Alexander,

Monday January 24 2022 23:23, you wrote to All:

Browsing this board from Diamond Mine and it seems the last activity
was over 2 years ago... not sure if these boards actually get used anymore!

We're here and not sure why it shows no activity in two years...what's your callsign?

I need to get my TS-820S back on the air! I think the radio is in good shape, I just need to set up an antenna and find an operating position
in my apartment. I want to pick up a spare set of final tubes just in
case mine ever go out.

I have an IC-718 and a IC-706MKII that were both hit by lightning and need repair so I have been off the air since last April. I am hoping to eventually get an IC-7610 for the shack and use the other two radios for mobile use as I love mountain topping--being surrounded by the Appapachian Mountains has its advantages. :D

73 DE KS4TD,
Sean

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On 2022 Jan 24 23:23:10, you wrote to All:

@TZUTC: -0500
@MSGID: 10296.fidoham@1:275/89 2654d966
@PID: Synchronet 3.19a-Win32 master/e8793d25d Nov 23 2021 MSC 1928
@TID: SBBSecho 3.14-Win32 master/e8793d25d Nov 23 2021 MSC 1928
@BBSID: DMINE
@CHRS: ASCII 1
@NOTE: WWIVEDIT
Browsing this board from Diamond Mine and it seems the last activity was over 2 years ago... not sure if these boards actually get used anymore!

there's been daily, non-duplicate, posts in here for many years... apparently that system needed a poke for traffic to start flowing again?? idk... you can see the seenbys and path your message followed below...

If any hams are out there, feel free to reply :)
I need to get my TS-820S back on the air! I think the radio is in good shape, I just need to set up an antenna and find an operating position in my apartment. I want to pick up a spare set of final tubes just in case mine ever go out.

73!
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Browsing this board from Diamond Mine and it seems the last activity was over 2 years ago... not sure if these boards actually get used anymore!

If any hams are out there, feel free to reply :)
I need to get my TS-820S back on the air! I think the radio is in good shape, I just need to set up an antenna and find an operating position
in my apartment. I want to pick up a spare set of final tubes just in
case mine ever go out.

Hello there ... I am here. Not much activity on this Echo.
de Ricky, K4JTT

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Hello Ricky,

Tuesday January 25 2022 11:39, you wrote to Alexander Rowsell:

Hello there ... I am here. Not much activity on this Echo.
de Ricky, K4JTT

The more you post, the more activity there is. :D

Glad to see you here!

73 DE KS4TD,
Sean

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The more you post, the more activity there is. :D

Not yet But I'm taking test soon for General
Sam


Bye for now...
Sam

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If any hams are out there, feel free to reply :)

I'm not on the air as much as I used to be. I run 6 nets per week,
with a 7th net on the 3rd Saturday. Otherwise, I'm on the air for
sked requests only.

It got to be too much of a madhouse with all the pile-ups to
checkin, and no one seems to have any sense of net etiquette, or
desire to comply with Net Control.

Daryl, WX4QZ

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Sam Penwright wrote to Sean Dennis <=-

Not yet But I'm taking test soon for General

Excellent! I wish you well and hope you can get it on the first try. I
took ten years going from Tech to General then another ten going to Extra
but you know, getting Extra was worth it even though I got that ticket by
the skin of my teeth. <G>

73 DE KS4TD,
Sean

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On Mon, 24 Jan 2022 23:23:10 -0500
"Alexander Rowsell" <alexander.rowsell@1:275/89> wrote:

Browsing this board from Diamond Mine and it seems the last activity
was over 2 years ago... not sure if these boards actually get used
anymore!

I'm not really active but I have my license and a small HT that I can
barely reach the local repeater with. I tend to balk at the amount ham
radios cost when you consider how cheap other technology is. I
occasionally use Echolink on my PC and really keep it for emergencies.
I'm a member of the local CERT team.

Also, I doubt that I would use a base station much at home since I'm
always playing music.
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On Tue, 25 Jan 2022 10:14:40 -0500
"mark lewis" <mark.lewis@1:3634/12.73> wrote:

there's been daily, non-duplicate, posts in here for many years...
apparently that system needed a poke for traffic to start flowing
again?? idk... you can see the seenbys and path your message followed below...

If that's the case, then they're into a black hole somewhere. This year
I have one posting from 1/7, two on 1/14 then one on 1/21, 1/24.

I received 10 for December 2021.
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On Tue, 25 Jan 2022 19:14:54 +0000
"Sam Penwright" <sam.penwright@1:123/120> wrote:

The more you post, the more activity there is. :D

Not yet But I'm taking test soon for General
Sam

Good luck. Might as well go for your extra while you're at it, it
shouldn't cost anything and you never you, you might get lucky.
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On 2022 Jan 25 11:39:02, you wrote to Alexander Rowsell:

Hello there ... I am here. Not much activity on this Echo.

by volume, HAM is the 54th most active echo carried by the SouthEast STar... the following report can only go back as far as the end of 2018 since that's when sestar was installed to replace wpusa, my old system that Hurricane Florence killed...

FTN Echomail Flow Report
The SouthEast Star
waldo kitty
2022-Jan-26 06:14 (-0500)

Top Quantity Received, First Date, and Last Date
All entries without unknown areas - Most to Least

============================================================================
: Total : Days : Avg # : First Date : Last Date
Echotag : Received : Seen : / Day : Seen : Seen ============================================================================ [...]
HAM : 1059 : 1222 : 1 : 2018 Sep 23 : 2022 Jan 26



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On 2022 Jan 26 01:02:32, you wrote to All:

there's been daily, non-duplicate, posts in here for many years...
apparently that system needed a poke for traffic to start flowing
again?? idk... you can see the seenbys and path your message followed
below...

If that's the case, then they're into a black hole somewhere. This
year I have one posting from 1/7, two on 1/14 then one on 1/21, 1/24.

I received 10 for December 2021.

yeah, you're definitely missing something... where do you get your feed for this echo from??
NVM, i can look at your path and see that ;)

FWIW: not counting this message and any that have arrived on this point system since i started reading messages 10 minutes ago, here's the list of all messages in this HAM echo on this point system...

https://sestar.synchro.net/temp/20220126-fidonet-HAM-echo-msgs-as-seen-on-1-3634-12-73.txt

shortened URL: https://tinyurl.com/HAM-echo-msg-list

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Nigel Reed wrote to Alexander Rowsell <=-

I'm not really active but I have my license and a small HT that I can barely reach the local repeater with. I tend to balk at the amount ham radios cost when you consider how cheap other technology is. I occasionally use Echolink on my PC and really keep it for emergencies.
I'm a member of the local CERT team.

Considering the relatively high ROI ham equipment has (I'm talking good
quality here; not the disposable Chinese HTs), it's worth it. I have never paid more than $500 for a HF rig since I buy them used except for my first
HF rig, an ICOM IC-718, for about $650 new.

I have about 20 different 2 meter HTs, from Baofengs to a couple of Motorola Radius models. Probably going to dump them all and just get an ICOM IC-V86
2 meter HT eventually.

73 DE KS4TD,
Sean


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Re: Re: Any active hams?
By: Sean Dennis to Nigel Reed on Wed Jan 26 2022 11:39:10

I have about 20 different 2 meter HTs, from Baofengs to a couple of Motorola Radius models. Probably going to dump them all and just get an ICOM IC-V86 2 meter HT eventually.

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Hello Nigel,

Wednesday January 26 2022 17:43, you wrote to me:

Why do you need 20 HTs? Mine is a 2m/70cm Chinese something wu...sux
or what :)

I've been given them over the years. I've held my ticket for 25 years now and I've just collected them along the way.

I just realized it's been 25 years...where has the time gone?

73 DE KS4TD,
Sean

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On Wed, 26 Jan 2022 20:02:19 +0000
"Sean Dennis" <sean.dennis@1:18/200> wrote:

Why do you need 20 HTs? Mine is a 2m/70cm Chinese something
wu...sux or what :)

I've been given them over the years. I've held my ticket for 25
years now and I've just collected them along the way.

Must be nice to have people who will throw ham gear at you.
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