I am always wary of using quotations, but frequently do as I apparently
lack the ability to formulate the comments that express the breadth of the
short quotations.regarding calling on cell phones, texting, ETC, I have
never just called someone that I did not know, and when I receive calls like
that it is from someone that is trying to scam me.The best quotation I
have run across recently is from the dog philosopher Enzo. " That which you
manifest is before you" That really is the best bit of guidance for life
that I have seen and I have been trying to apply it every day. There is more
future in amateur radio now than ever before, if one will just apply
themselves. Bernie W8RPW
Original Message -
From: "Brett Gazdzinski"
To: "Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service"
Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 10:06 PM
Subject: Re: [AMRadio] WABOOF - Good News on HAM RADIO
>I remember what sparked my interest, an old radio shack dx100 I think it
> was, a little, crappy receiver that LOOKED nice, it was really a
> transistor
> radio with some short wave bands and a BFO.
> But I heard some interesting AM qso's on it, got my general so I could
> join
> in.
> Way back, CB was nice, no foul mouth or CB lingo, just people talking, and
> I
> was into that before the ham stuff.
> I would not bother with CB these days.
>
> Realistically, I don't think ham radio has much future, not when you can
> call someone on a cell phone, text them, surf the web, do VoIP, etc, its
> kind of silly to have a basement full of equipment so you can talk with
> the
> other 20 old guys about their basement full of equipment. I don't see much
> to attract young people to the hobby.
> Most hams would not think of building any radio stuff as far as I can
> tell.
> Kids might be interested in the flex radio stuff, with its computers and
> displays and so on
>
> Brett
> N2DTS
>
>
>
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "D. Chester"
> To:
> Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 3:34 PM
> Subject: Re: [AMRadio] WABOOF - Good News on HAM RADIO
>
>
>>
>>> WABOOF WHAT A BUNCH OF OLD FARTS!! ( I can say that because I am old
>>> too! )
>>>
>>> Here a guy is trying to convey a little good news and all you guys can
>>> do
>>> is make disparaging remarks!! ...
>>> A new ham is a new ham, it doesn't matter what the initial motivation
>>> was,
>>> if they have a license it's our job as Elmer's to mold them into amateur
>>> radio operators! Don't sit around and whine!!! Get up and do something
>>> to
>>> help them appreciate and enjoy the hobby.
>>>
>>> K3PID Ron H
>>
>> To me, what really counts is hams who gain HF privileges, and who might
>> potentially become AM'ers. I doubt that would be of interest to many of
>> the
>> shack-on-a-belt wannabe cops the the least bit. But maybe a few will
>> become
>> curious enough to listen to what's on HF. There certainly isn't anything
>> much on shortwave to attract SWL's any more.
>>
>> Once upon a time most new hams who didn't happen to have a personal
>> mentor,
>> first got exposed to radio by listening to foreign broadcasts on AM
>> radios
>> that also included a couple of shortwave bands, and ran across hams
>> conversing on AM phone. When most hams converted to SSB, we lost that
>> avenue, and CB became the new gateway. Now that interest in CB has
>> about
>> fizzled, what do we have left?
>>
>> Don k4kyv
>>
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