[amsat-bb] Re: Keeping up with technology

[wb5tuf at earthlink.net]

Why do you have check-ins?

Is there some kind of participation credit?

Glenn WB5TUF

-----Original Message-----
>From: Clayton Coleman <kayakfishtx at gmail.com>
>Sent: Nov 5, 2013 7:17 PM
>To: Ted <k7trkradio at charter.net>
>Cc: kk5do at arrl.net, "amsat-bb at AMSAT.Org" <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
>Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Keeping up with technology
>
>I personally suggested carrier pigeons for check-in at the 2013 Symposium.
>It is certainly a unique net with all the various methods of check-in
>available.
>
>73
>Clayton
>W5PFG
>
>
>On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 7:03 PM, Ted <k7trkradio at charter.net> wrote:
>
>> ...Hiram and Marconi are spinning in their graves...jeez
>>
>> 73,
>> K7TRK
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On
>> Behalf Of Bruce
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2013 4:44 PM
>> To: amsat-bb at AMSAT.Org
>> Subject: [amsat-bb] Keeping up with technology
>>
>> In trying to keep up with technology, the Houston AMSAT Net will now
>> take check ins by Tweeting using the hash tag #houamsatnet      0200 UTC
>> during the winters on Wednesdays (8PM Central Time)
>>
>> Be one of the first on your block to check in electronically. Of course,
>> you
>> can still use one of these:
>> IRC, APRS, EchoLink, Telephone, E-mail or voice on the repeater directly.
>>
>> I would use Facebook but I have a thing against giving out all that
>> information publicly. My Facebook account has been active for a long, long
>> time and I have no friends. Not a one. In fact, once every year or two I
>> check to see if it is still there.  I think I have broken the Facebook
>> record for the longest running account without a friend. Too easy for bad
>> things to happen with Facebook.
>>
>> 73...bruce
>>
>> --
>>
>> Bruce Paige, KK5DO
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