Daryl Stout wrote to Sean Dennis <=-

I heard some ham radio operators were getting their long awaited Icom ID-52 D-Star HT's...but with a price of at least $700 a pop, that was
too rich for my blood. That $700 would do better for me on medical
stuff right now.

I'd rather save my money and buy a new ICOM IC-7610 HF rig for $3300.

Did I tell you that I have a script that allows one (with a paid
subscription to QRZ.com) to look up callsigns at QRZ? With FreeBSD, I can
run that as a "door" to allow lookups. Actually, if your OS can run cURL,
you should be able to use it. Pretty neat stuff.

73 DE KS4TD,
Sean

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Sean,

I'd rather save my money and buy a new ICOM IC-7610 HF rig for $3300.

The price of the gear is ridiculous. I think I told you about the DC
to Daylight Rig that was at Hamvention a few years ago for $20,000+. Now,
we could outfit a nice shack for that (or even buy a nice pre-owned car).
But to me, $20,000+ for one rig, is overkill.

Did I tell you that I have a script that allows one (with a paid subscription to QRZ.com) to look up callsigns at QRZ? With FreeBSD, I
can run that as a "door" to allow lookups. Actually, if your OS can
run cURL, you should be able to use it. Pretty neat stuff.

I run Windows 10 32-bit for the BBS...it's on my late Mom's computer.
I still have one of the last QRZ Callsign CD's, and have that on the
BBS for "nostalgia". I would love to have a similar setup for current
callsigns (I'm a premium subscriber, and use them and eQSL for data
for running Netlogger). Right now, I just set up a simple door, telling
users where they can find ham radio callsigns.

Daryl, WX4QZ

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