Return-Path: Received: (qmail 9983 invoked from network); 15 Oct 2001 10:44:19 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO warrior-inbound.services.quay.plus.net) (212.159.14.227) by excalibur.plus.net with SMTP; 15 Oct 2001 10:44:19 -0000 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Received: (qmail 16804 invoked from network); 15 Oct 2001 10:43:06 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO post.thorcom.com) (212.172.148.70) by warrior with SMTP; 15 Oct 2001 10:43:06 -0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 3.33 #2) id 15t51o-0003y1-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Mon, 15 Oct 2001 11:31:24 +0100 Received: from e31.co.us.ibm.com ([32.97.110.129] helo=e31.bld.us.ibm.com) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #2) id 15t51n-0003xw-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Mon, 15 Oct 2001 11:31:23 +0100 Received: from westrelay01.boulder.ibm.com (westrelay01.boulder.ibm.com [9.99.140.22]) by e31.bld.us.ibm.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id GAA23004 for ; Mon, 15 Oct 2001 06:28:11 -0400 Received: from usa.net (ss6.bld.socks.ibm.com [9.14.4.71]) by westrelay01.boulder.ibm.com (8.11.1m3/NCO v4.98) with ESMTP id f9FAUbO107976 for ; Mon, 15 Oct 2001 04:30:37 -0600 Message-ID: <3BCABAB7.EA79FA47@usa.net> Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 12:30:15 +0200 From: "Alberto di Bene" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Subject: Re: LF: RE: Re: Farewell, LFers References: <7D653C9C42F5D411A27C00508BF8803D55C5E1@PDW-MAIL-R1> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group Sender: Talbot Andrew wrote: > There are also still many of us on LF, fortunately, whose interest is in the > science and technology of radio communication, rather than merely having > QSOs. > [...] I agree 100% with this point of view. The real fascination of amateur radio is in its technical aspects and challenges. If I just want to chat with someone, I use the cellular phone. And I prefer to look forward, not backward. 73 Alberto I2PHD