That's the ARRL for ya. Individual hams aren't hams because they don't have
that corporate body effect. The way i see it, although I love amateur radio is
that alot of people want it to die so that they can make a buck with it like
some of the GMRS repeater owners do, and then the PS agencies / military will
get what is left of the freqs, then the businesses, etc.
Echolink and Winlink never had much of a chance in reality anyway. It's good
for it's intended uses, but with the number of people against it...it's an
impossible situation.
--- On Sat, 7/5/08, Miroslav Skoric (YT7MPB) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
From: Miroslav Skoric (YT7MPB) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Re: New Hams and New Digital Technology
To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com
Date: Saturday, July 5, 2008, 11:16 AM
expeditionradio wrote:
> A blatant example was what we saw with abolition of morse testing. If
> the old morse test wasn't enough to scare away the first generation of
> computer-raised youngsters, then the next generation of web kids was
> turned off by the vitriol spewed by those who fought to keep ham radio
> locked in the 19th Century. After ham radio stupidly shot ourselves in
> that foot, we sat back and allowed a huge and vicious attack on
> Winlink and Echolink. There went the next wave of youngsters.
>
Some time ago I wrote to ARRL asking for donating free copies of QST and
their promotive materials I could use to promote ham radio during
various technical conferences in Europe. They refused with an
explanation they preferred other ham radio societies to promote the
hobby, rather than individual hams doing that.
Recently I wrote to the QRZ editors for the same reason. They did not
bother to reply at all.
So far about 'efficient' promoting of ham radio ...
73
Misko YT7MPB
PS: Btw, does anybody know whom to contact about copies of old articles
of Greg Jones WD5IVD: 'Packet Radio Prospects for Educational Data
Communications' (1992) and 'An Educator's Alternative to Costly
Telecommunications' (1992). (I would need copies of them for reviewing
and referencing in my planned book chapter.)
