I had a rather busy weekend with my real life–including raking up a mountain of leaves and visiting relatives–so I didn’t have much time for hamming.
I did make a few contacts on EchoLink, including one with a guy who lived in San Diego the same time I did. The funny thing about this contact is that we both were connected to a San Diego repeater via EchoLink, so we really didn’t need the repeater at all. It just provided a meeting ground for us. We were the only two talking, and our conversation was being transmitted by the repeater, even though neither of us actually needed the repeater to communicate.
I had a similar experience earlier in the week when I connected to a NW Ohio repeater. I talked with a guy who was also connected to the repeater via EchoLink. In this QSO, however,we were joined by a local ham, so the repeater was necessary.
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