I am always wary of using quotations, but frequently do as I apparently lack the ability to formulate the comments that express the breadth of the short quotations. regarding calling on cell phones, texting, ETC, I have never just called someone that I did not know, and when I receive calls like that it is from someone that is trying to scam me. The best quotation I have run across recently is from the dog philosopher Enzo. " That which you manifest is before you" That really is the best bit of guidance for life that I have seen and I have been trying to apply it every day. There is more future in amateur radio now than ever before, if one will just apply themselves. Bernie W8RPW
---- Original Message ----- From: "Brett Gazdzinski" <[email protected]> To: "Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 10:06 PM Subject: Re: [AMRadio] WABOOF - Good News on HAM RADIO >I remember what sparked my interest, an old radio shack dx100 I think it > was, a little, crappy receiver that LOOKED nice, it was really a > transistor > radio with some short wave bands and a BFO. > But I heard some interesting AM qso's on it, got my general so I could > join > in. > Way back, CB was nice, no foul mouth or CB lingo, just people talking, and > I > was into that before the ham stuff. > I would not bother with CB these days. > > 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. > Most hams would not think of building any radio stuff as far as I can > tell. > Kids might be interested in the flex radio stuff, with its computers and > displays and so on.... > > 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. 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. > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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. > ______________________________________________________________ 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.
