Eddy, Ham Radio is dead, extinct. It has been replaced with Internet Radio. I once held an amateur radio licence; it now belongs in a museum. Some how good things don't last forever. I have had a lot of fun when the hobby was amateur radio. I guess it is time to move on and find another fun hobby. And to those who enjoy internet radio; try and have some fun knowing you just killed amateur radio.
Doug I wasn't born in Saskatchewan, but I got here as soon as I could. -----Original Message----- Hi Guys, Is the day very far off in the distant future when the physical human element won't even be needed at a radio station on the eve of a contest...? Just programme the event into the computer, hook it up to the rig...and then go off to bed. The next day you meander down to the shack, coffee in hand & rubbing the sleep out of your eyes, to learn that in your absence, your station made some 5,000 QSOs, AND DXCC, twice over! Remember "Dr. DX" of the 1980's...? Shades of days yet to come---if , indeed, those days are not here already. At the risk of sounding like a dinosaur---on second thought, who cares? The dinosaurs ruled the earth for untold millions of years, to man's single million---just as insurance companies & lawyers are spelling the demise of kids' playground toys and group get-togethers, computers will spell the end of the very essence that makes Ham radio fun. At least to dinosaurs like yours truly, anyway. ~73~ de Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband