> 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 ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:[email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
