From hol-owner Thu Mar 2 16:12:01 1995 Return-Path: owner-HOL Received: from localhost (daemon@localhost) (fnord) by nando.yak.net (8.6.5/8.6.5) id QAA19498 for hol-out31415; Thu, 2 Mar 1995 16:12:01 -0800 Received: from localhost (daemon@localhost) (fnord) by nando.yak.net (8.6.5/8.6.5) id QAA19491 for hol; Thu, 2 Mar 1995 16:11:49 -0800 Received: via =-=-=-=-= from strick@gwarn.versant.com for hol@hungary.yak.net (hol) Received: from gwarn.versant.com (gwarn.versant.com [192.70.173.14]) (fnord) by nando.yak.net (8.6.5/8.6.5) with ESMTP id QAA19355 for ; Thu, 2 Mar 1995 16:10:17 -0800 Received: from localhost (strick@localhost) by gwarn.versant.com (8.6.9/8.6.9) with SMTP id QAA24854 for ; Thu, 2 Mar 1995 16:10:33 -0800 Message-Id: <199503030010.QAA24854@gwarn.versant.com> To: hol@hungary.yak.net From: strick@yak.net Subject: ((HOL)) Two Meter Ham Radio Date: Thu, 02 Mar 1995 16:10:32 -0800 Sender: owner-HOL@hungary.yak.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: HOL@hungary.yak.net Hungarians Online, I've just gotten my Ham radio license here in the united states. I'm thinking of bringing my 144Mhz/440Mhz (two meter and 70 cm bands) radio with me. These are VHF and UHF frequences, and only operate in line-of-sight -- these are not the lower-frequency bands that are needed to make contacts around the worlds. These handheld tranceivers are available in the US for around $200-$300 new. I'm applying for amateur licenses (in many cases via reciprocal amateur radio agreements) in european countries. (I'm due in Budapest in late june.) I'm curious whether these amateur frequncies are in use in Hungary. To be really useful, especially in a metropolitan area, you need to have amateur repeater stations set up (like up on the hill of Buda). I would guess that when the phone system has problems, these technologies would thrive. Am I right? Does anyone know? thanks, strick strick@yak.net p.s. I need to fix the instructions in the trailer message that comes off the "hol-announce" list. It tells how to unsubscribe if you have the hol-announce subscription, but those instructions will be wrong for people who receive it with a full subscription... and in case you're curious, I repeat the name of the sender in the footer because some corporate mainframe gateways graciously protect the user from seeing any headers, and therefore those users don't know where their mail is coming from. "Amazed by the technology." -- George Bush ( and thanks to steve for mentioning "no hard feelings with Odin"; i've been a little shy about setting this up, because I dind't want to do any harm to Odin, either; I might very will be strick@odin.net this summer :) ############# # This message to HOL@hungary.yak.net # was from strick@yak.net # # To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe" to # An announcement-only subscription (less volume) is available # at # Send mail to for more information, # or to if you need human assistance. #############