The dumbing of America is just about complete. I've been in the photo processing business since 1962 and I know a bit about it.
Film is still better than digital, but most people don't know "better" from a hole in the ground. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brett Gazdzinski" <[email protected]> To: "Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 8:55 PM Subject: Re: [AMRadio] WABOOF - Good News on HAM RADIO > Film camera's! > I have a REAL nice high end (Japanese) camera my dad had, he spent a lot > of > money on it and had many lenses, special flash, etc. > Since my wife had almost the same model, I looked on ebay to see what it > was > worth. > Zero! Lots on ebay for $30.00 and they were not selling. > I gave it to my son to play with. > > Brett > N2DTS > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jim Wilhite" <[email protected]> > To: "Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service" > <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 10:22 PM > Subject: Re: [AMRadio] WABOOF - Good News on HAM RADIO > > >> Funny today I received a message from a friend that listed 24 thing >> about to become extinct in America. I don't know who published the >> list but it wasn't anyone involved in ham radio. Ham Radio was >> about # 16 on the list. It was there along with Yellow Pages, film >> cameras, classified ads, movie rental places and the #1 selection >> was family farms. >> >> 16. Ham Radio >> Amateur radio operators enjoy personal (and often worldwide) >> wireless communications with each other and are able to support >> their communities with emergency and disaster communications if >> necessary, while increasing their personal knowledge of >> electronics and radio theory. However, proliferation of the >> Internet and its popularity among youth has caused the decline of >> amateur radio. In the past five years alone, the number of people >> holding active ham radio licenses has dropped by 50,000, even >> though Morse Code is no longer a requirement. >> >> >> Jim/W5JO >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- > >>> 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. >>> Brett >>> N2DTS >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "D. Chester" <[email protected]> >>> To: <[email protected]> >>> 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. 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