Well said, Don ... 73
K0PP On Sun, Dec 22, 2019, 21:37 Don Wilhelm <donw...@embarqmail.com> wrote: > I think we need to be focusing on the personal aspect of one on one > communications with someone who we have never met - without the need for > the internet, Facebook or any other internet app. > It is a thrill to me to be able to have a conversation with someone new > via ham radio. > > Of course, even that element is fading out in ham radio with the > emphasis on quick DX contacts or contest points. Ragchewing with > someone new to get to know something about them personally or their > location is what gives me the thrill of ham radio. So sad to see that > element being diminished. > > Bring ragchewing back, and I am not talking about the nets on 80 and 40 > meters, it is reaching out to someone new and telling a bit about > ourselves and getting the same in return. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > On 12/22/2019 11:17 PM, David Gilbert wrote: > > > > I think we already discussed that aspect, and the point is that young > > people with a technological inclination are far more likely to be > > interested in software, or robotics, or biomedical ... stuff that has > > more relevance to advancing the world and actually leading to a job. It > > might be a challenge to bounce a signal of the ionosphere but people > > were doing that 100 years ago. > > > > 73, > > Dave AB7E > > > > > > On 12/22/2019 6:52 PM, Robert G Strickland via Elecraft wrote: > >> There is a constant refrain about "communicating with far away > >> places." No doubt that has been one attraction of our hobby. For > >> myself, I was never particularly interested in "communicating." For me > >> it was mastery of a technical environment. Communicating was just the > >> proof that the environment had been mastered. Another way of saying > >> this -maybe- is technology versus sociology. There are many > >> traditional activities that have been replaced by more modern versions > >> [eg, horses versus cars, walking versus bicycling, bow/arrow versus > >> guns]. Yet, there is still interest in the "old way," because the > >> earlier challenges remain in spite of more modern solutions. Getting a > >> signal from my radio, out into the ether, bouncing it off the > >> ionosphere, and back down on the other side is still a challenge. > >> Satellite links and the internet don't negate the ionospheric > >> challenge. Perhaps engaging prospective hams in the technical > >> challenges of the hobby will brings in those who like such challenges. > >> Communicating may be the benny on the other side of mastery. > >> > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to kengk...@gmail.com ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
