Ain't that the truth! Dave VE 1 UJ
"D. Chester" wrote: > > 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 > > But one thing amateur radio has that the internet doesn't have is > independence from the infrastructure. If we can find the electricity to > power the rig, we can string up a wire and communicate worldwide even if > every internet server and every telephone in the country is out of > commission. A generator and some fuel is all it takes to keep us in > business if every utility service is down. > > Don k4kyv > > _______________________________________________________________ > > This message was typed using the DVORAK keyboard layout. > > http://www.mwbrooks.com/dvorak/ > http://gigliwood.com/abcd/ > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.5/1885 - Release Date: 1/9/2009 > 7:59 PM ______________________________________________________________ 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.
