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My Amateur Radio Life

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Walking and talking at the same time

Posted: 21 Oct 2021 05:10 PM PDT https://va3qv.wordpress.com/2021/10/22/walking-and-talking-at-the-same-time/








Since I retired in Mid-September I have noticed a Slight weight gain and figured it was time to do something about it while it was still slight and
not anything worse.




Walking was the exercise of choice and so I started leaning more about my neighborhood that I have lived in for more than 2 years now.








I decided I might as well take my Yaesu FT70D Handheld (see above pic)with
me on my walks as I could talk to the locals on our VE3FRG VHF C4FM
repeater during the 2-3 hours the walk takes me.




VE3FRG 146.805 (-) is a C4FM repeater and has excellent coverage in the Kingston/Frontenac area. In addition the repeater is part of the YSF
network so you never know who is going to drop in and say HI



23829CA Upper CanUpper Can QRPve3ucc.ddns.net42100Canada (CA)




Some days you hear lots and other days.. Well we all know how active some repeaters cant be.




But at the end of the day I get my exercise with my 4km to 8km stroll and somedays I also play radio at the same time. Right nows my strolls are VHF only but in the future who knows











Remember that Radio can be an outdoor sport!




73bob

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