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  1. Thread: Ham Radio

    by tuathanach
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    Morse code no longer required

    Well, I would never want to discourage someone from learning Morse code, but the requirement to be proficient in Morse code was dropped some years back. I would guess that most new hams do not know...
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    by tuathanach
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    I also have a license, though I have not been...

    I also have a license, though I have not been active in several years. My father was a ham, and after he passed, I got his call sign. I will probably do it again at some point, but life and other...
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    Along those lines, I have read that many years...

    Along those lines, I have read that many years ago, in small and poor chapels and churches in Ireland that could not afford an organ that sometimes they would hire an uilleann piper to play for the...
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    The answer is "yes". Mr Wesley's "Come Let Us...

    The answer is "yes". Mr Wesley's "Come Let Us Use the Grace Divine" is sometimes set to this tune.

    See https://hymnary.org/text/come_let_us_use_the_grace_divine
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    haggis source

    Before I would buy/eat a canned haggis, I would certainly contact these folks:

    https://www.scottishgourmetusa.com/category/haggis-usa

    (I have no connection with them other than as a satisfied...
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    You can't go wrong with USA Kilts

    I bought my first kilt (8 yard wool) from USA Kilts back in the early part of this year before all the covid-19 troubles. The folks there were great to deal with and I am quite happy with the kilt....
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    first kilt arrived

    Well, I recently got my first kilt -- an 8 yard wool kilt from USA Kilts. It took about six weeks to get, which isn't too bad given that the tartan had to be ordered from Scotland.

    The kilt looks...
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    mailing list?

    Hielandman,

    Just FYI -- I went to your website and tried to sign up for your email list, but I never got the confirmation email. Perhaps some website debugging is needed?
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    Scottish connection to St. Patrick?

    Well, I certainly cannot vouch for the veracity of this statement, but on the Locharron website they say this about the MacAlpine Modern tartan:

    "Early Gaelic poems refer to St Patrick as Padruig...
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