<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the qrplist gang ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Uh Jeff, when you have been here a while you'll discover that you need NOT ever apologize for speaking your mind. The whole point of this list is centered around individual freedom unlike other lists I can think of. Therefore NOTHING is off topic here. Your good taste is the barometer, not mine or anyone else's opinion of same.
Vy 72; Bob w9ya P.S......And no need to worry about the ARRL IMnsHO....they seem to have everything well planned and well in hand. Don't you agree ? > > Jeff Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the qrplist gang > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Gang, > > First of all, I apologize that the subject matter was really off- topic > as it had little to do with QRP activities. But I appreciate all the > comments and suggestions. While I knew this concept was much too > simple to be unique, I had no idea that Doug Hendricks had passed it > along to the folks in Newington so long ago. > > Oddly, I think we are all about to see an interesting analogy played > out on a major scale. > > New Orleans is undoubtedly going to be rebuilt, despite the fact that > locating a major metropolitan area 10 feet below sea-level while the > ocean rages on one side, a lake sits on another side and a major river > flows on a third side is a bit of maniacal arrogance. Sort of a modern > day Tower of Babel project. But these facts won't matter. There will > be enough emotional energy to do this at any cost. > > In much the same way, local clubs and the ARRL, will continue to > believe that youngsters *want* to be ham radio operators but we just > aren't getting the message across to them correctly. So they do more > planning, reconnoiter, and try again. Expending ever more energy and > capital to attract youngsters. This too is a bit of maniacal > arrogance. But these facts won't matter. There seems to be enough > emotional energy (like 'The Big Project' or seeing the occasional 12 > year old Extra class operator on the cover of QST) to do this at any > cost. > > I think I'll still put these thoughts together on paper and pass them > along to everyone who cares to look. If nothing else it will permit me > twenty years hence to say "I told you so".... :-) > > 73, > -- > Jeff, KE9V > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Submissions: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - unsubscribe qrplist in > body Hopelessly Lost: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - help in body of > message Zerobeat Web Page: http://www.zerobeat.net - sponsored by > www.tlchost.net > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Submissions: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - unsubscribe qrplist in body Hopelessly Lost: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - help in body of message Zerobeat Web Page: http://www.zerobeat.net - sponsored by www.tlchost.net ----------------------------------------------------------------------
