I am 49, and have been a ham since high school, and my entire station is home brew, and there are lots of people building qrp rigs, and you have the Elecraft guys, and people making things with what they can get.
50 years ago, I am sure the old timers complained that the new apliance operators dont even make their own capacitors or resistors anymore, or blow glass for tubes....
I do agree you are not allowed to take any risks with anything anymore. Brett N2DTS ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.