Book club? Weekly meetings at the coffee shop? Lithuania was still under the USSR at that point so...underground nationalist get-togethers? I'm sure whatever it is it will be fascinating. 🙂
Well, judging by your latest threads, the answer is ham radio. That must have been an amazing time! Were you ever in danger? How many languages do you speak? Were you able to communicate with the US? Or just other countries in Europe?
That's amazing! I thought if you were doing it back in the early 70's it may have been frowned upon by the communists. It's crazy that there is that big of a world communicating behind the scenes. What's your oldest friendship? How many of these people have you ever met?
seeing the moves you pull and how believing and confident in new tech you are. I believe you. My observation is you do not follow trends but lead them. Am always inspired.
If I gave more thought would of been my guess as I used a CB Radio somewhat frequently at one point. The fishing industry and other industries uses/used CB Radio often. Updated to VHF's and of course cell phone use.
A truly global actions are possible only on HF, or short wave radio.
This is like the top, elite class of all sorts of radio related hobbies.
Never left my home, yet could easy recognise people by their accent, detect if one talks from New Hampshire, or Texas, ow California, or UK, or Australia, or Russia, or Italy, or Germany.
While all of them speak8ng English.
I assume that happened through radiotelephone by scanning different bands and getting in sync with others doing the same. And once you've connected the social networking came into place.
Book club? Weekly meetings at the coffee shop? Lithuania was still under the USSR at that point so...underground nationalist get-togethers? I'm sure whatever it is it will be fascinating. 🙂
Well, judging by your latest threads, the answer is ham radio. That must have been an amazing time! Were you ever in danger? How many languages do you speak? Were you able to communicate with the US? Or just other countries in Europe?
In danger? No.
3.5 languages
USA, sure , each and every US state many times.
Over 3000 USA counties (there are 3144 total of them today)
All continens thousands of times (Antarctica including)
Eash and Every Country on this planet (numerous times), plus many remote islands/territories, which count as separate country in hamradio.
4 continents by a special moonbounce mode, on the path Eart-Moon-Earth.
That's amazing! I thought if you were doing it back in the early 70's it may have been frowned upon by the communists. It's crazy that there is that big of a world communicating behind the scenes. What's your oldest friendship? How many of these people have you ever met?
seeing the moves you pull and how believing and confident in new tech you are. I believe you. My observation is you do not follow trends but lead them. Am always inspired.
In person with other persons. Word of mouth.
If we think about it. Most our interactions with our fellow man (woman) can be summed up to us social networking.
Not quite that.
Because that I did was very much like Internet today. Global. Borderless. Long distance. Chaotic (in some degree). Challenging. Passionate.
By radio waves.
CB Radio?
If I gave more thought would of been my guess as I used a CB Radio somewhat frequently at one point. The fishing industry and other industries uses/used CB Radio often. Updated to VHF's and of course cell phone use.
No, not CB.
CB is like kinder garden.
VHF is local, short distance.
A truly global actions are possible only on HF, or short wave radio.
This is like the top, elite class of all sorts of radio related hobbies.
Never left my home, yet could easy recognise people by their accent, detect if one talks from New Hampshire, or Texas, ow California, or UK, or Australia, or Russia, or Italy, or Germany.
While all of them speak8ng English.
My guess through ham radio. There is a big community always seeking to improve itself at that game.
Bingo !
I sleep a happy man. The thing I look forward to learning the most is how you catch trends early and ride them into growth.
I assume that happened through radiotelephone by scanning different bands and getting in sync with others doing the same. And once you've connected the social networking came into place.
what happened then
You're a such a great inspiration. 👏