You would think those 'old guard' guys would consider that we used to have to know binary and 2's complement math to use a computer at all. The technology got to the point where you didn't need those 'older' skills. We are better for it. Brian Denley http://home.comcast.net/~b.denley/index.html
----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Hensley" <kc9...@yahoo.com> To: <digitalradio@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 4:33 PM Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Techs on HF digital Another problem is that the "old guard" who have an axe to grind against new amateurs due to the change in licensing requirements and other new FCC policies to go with that change which occurred back in Feb of 2007, are running new amateurs off in droves. Hazing or outright threatening behavior by hams licensed before Feb of 2007 is another reason new hams are not getting on the air. I went through this myself. A mentality has arisen that "amateur radio is only for listening and you're never supposed to transmit". Everyone wants the bands quiet and wants the next amateur to just stop operating. --- On Tue, 12/15/09, Glenn L. Roeser <hillbillietr...@yahoo.com> wrote: