Why is there a need in ham radio for mode wars? Is it counterproductive to have so much negativity and misinformation being spouted about various digital modes and methods by those who profess to be proponents of digital ham radio? Why is it necessary for a person who advocates some particular flavor of digital, to be so mean and nasty against another flavor?
I ask these questions, because I've watched so many positive people and technology innovators driven away by vociferous personal attacks on several ham radio forums. Digitalradio has certainly lost many due to this. QRZ.com is another forum that has lost the voices of some of the most positive and beneficial individuals in ham radio digital. Yes, QRZ is a rough place to begin with, but aren't the same individuals who perpetrate negativity there, doing the same thing here on digitalradio? If we let the negative people control the level of discourse in forums for discussion, where will this lead the future of ham radio digital? What have we already lost in digital technlogy? What will we lose in the future? Bonnie KQ6XA
