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To: Professional Engineer

ham radio is a mind bogglingly inefficient use of bandwith.


40 posted on 10/17/2005 11:15:04 AM PDT by sportutegrl (People who say, "All I know is . . ." really mean, "All I want you to focus on is . . .")
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To: sportutegrl

sorry, I meant bandwidth.


41 posted on 10/17/2005 11:16:06 AM PDT by sportutegrl (People who say, "All I know is . . ." really mean, "All I want you to focus on is . . .")
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To: sportutegrl
ham radio is a mind bogglingly inefficient use of bandwith.

Do you know anything about radio at all? If you do, tell me how efficent CW is compared the other modes. Hell, how about SSB?

47 posted on 10/17/2005 11:20:17 AM PDT by thecabal ("Now die monkeys and stop saying Muslims are terrorists,we are peaceful people!")
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To: sportutegrl
"ham radio is a mind bogglingly inefficient use of bandwith."

In what way? In what mode of operation, Morse code?
69 posted on 10/17/2005 1:30:15 PM PDT by Spitzensparkin1 (UN:global-socialists against freedom in action. No taxation without representation! No UN in our US.)
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To: sportutegrl
"ham radio is a mind bogglingly inefficient use of bandwith."

Please explain!!!

I have been a ham since 1957.
It is the last line of communications in the event of a severe disaster.
72 posted on 10/17/2005 1:43:34 PM PDT by AlexW (Reporting from Bratislava)
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To: sportutegrl

You prefer carrier pidgeons?


96 posted on 10/17/2005 7:24:58 PM PDT by Professional Engineer (Yes, the world does revolve around us. We picked the coordinate system.)
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