On the otherhand, I can admire that many people do in fact have another life besides ham radio...
In summary, when I was young and single, I remember fondly spending every evening in the ham shack tinkering on all kinds of projects and having the spirit of comradery(sp?) of listening and chatting occassionally with other AMRAD tinkers in their shacks at the same time via the AMRAD repeater.
Then marriage, wife and familly began, which changed ham time to only what I can squeeze in while mobile. This is my current phase, and why I am so focused on improving the access to Amateur Satellites, APRS and all kinds of other local happenings while mobile. You can see that emphasis in these two pages:
http://www.ew.usna.edu/~bruninga/localinfo.html
And
http://www.ew.usna.edu/~bruninga/MobileLEOtracking.html.
This phase of Ham radio seems to last about 25 years. A sizeable chunk of time. Not sure what old-f@?t hamdom entials, but I will still have my IC-2AT so I can show up as a volunteer for the next service event.
Bob, WB4APR
- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Bruninga " bruninga@usna.edu
I'm amused at your presumption that all hams have a mobile ham radio and spend a great deal of time in their car.
Actually, I am amazed/amused at the number that don't.
Nationally, the average person spends what, 45 minutes a day in their cars commuting...?