This is what I encounter:
http://www.w9mks.org/hamfest/past-hamfest-photos/hamfest-photos-2014/
They are nice folks, but no “young people” in sight.
From: Mike Hammett
Sent: Friday, February 26, 2016 9:49 AM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Tessco Show
Once you depart the world of morse code and old people, you find a bunch of
young people doing SDR based on all kinds of hobby kit hardware.
My friend JJ: 3dbsdr.com
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Mike Hammett
Intelligent Computing Solutions
Midwest Internet Exchange
The Brothers WISP
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From: "Lewis Bergman" <lewis.berg...@gmail.com>
To: af@afmug.com
Sent: Friday, February 26, 2016 9:34:46 AM
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Tessco Show
Sally I think you are right. Many HAMs are older. I think that community is
getting older because the highly technical nature doesn't appeal to the younger
crowd. Maybe it is to difficult, I don't know. Most around here make time, but
that is a bit different. A guy who is on an ambulatory shift can't exactly bail
on that too go work on a repeater.
On Fri, Feb 26, 2016, 9:03 AM Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com> wrote:
Most of the hams I have encountered around here are either (a) way too old to
have a day job at Jiffy Lube, or (b) their day job is for government emergency
services anyway. I suppose my experience may be atypical.
From: Lewis Bergman
Sent: Friday, February 26, 2016 6:50 AM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Tessco Show
Bitter over what exactly?
I guess I don't understand how you can possibly think that one industry full
of professionals is so vastly populated by inept morons while your industry is
completely exempt from such vast incompetence.
Do you truly believe that somebody can run a better ISP than you simply
because they don't get paid?You take money for your services, I guess that
means you're not good at your job? It makes no sense. The entire premise of the
argument that being paid to do a job automatically makes you bad at it is
flawed. If we were in Sub Saharan Africa trying to get some comm up where there
was none I would be 100% in your corner since the alternative is nothing. I
just don't see how you think you can install, maintain, and operate a first
rate communications system supported by a bunch of people who have to wait till
they get off work from Jiffy Lube to address system issues. Really?
On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 8:56 PM Mike Hammett <af...@ics-il.net> wrote:
Lewis must have a different kind of people in his area.
I still don't understand how you can be so bitter over this.
