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To: pcottraux

Hey, no sweat, cool cartoon, I do resd them but if I don't have anything to contribute, I just sit by and "read the mail." Trust me, I'm sure your cartoons are getting out there and seen by many more than do respond. It's like when I key up my amateur radio, i'm sure a lot of hams and others hear me but they might not respond because they are busy and so on so they just "copy the mail" by listening to the chatter on the radio if I do get someone. I remember on Labor Day, 2001, I was up on Lake Erie and tried to get local Erie hams to talk to me on 2 meters. No luck, must have been enjoying the holiday so I fumbled with my police scanner, heard Ontario PPD (Provincial Police Department, their frequencies are just below 2 meters) so I decided to see if I can hear any Canadian hams. Well, I did, fired up my walkie talkie and made contact with them. One interesting thing, my signal went over 50 miles of water and 20 to 30 miles inland, and I kept the radio at low power (1 watt) and just used the rubber ducky antenna so I was "running less than barefoot" too.


117 posted on 11/18/2005 5:42:28 PM PST by Nowhere Man ("Nationalist Retard" and proud of it! Michael Savage for President in '08!)
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To: Nowhere Man; Paul_Denton

Well, it's not really the reponses that concern me as the views. A good toon would get almost 300 views, but lately I can barely break 200. For some reason, views are down, for this one and the last one.


123 posted on 11/18/2005 5:47:13 PM PST by pcottraux (It's pronounced "P. Coe-troe.")
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