I cannot see the random calling of folks on the phone anywhere in the world catching on or random emails either, Ham radio will survive, its just like everything else having a crisis of fashion, when all the ipods and other plastic crap on sale now gets boring ( except Wii's as it is just so funny to watch your pals dancing around the lounge after imaginary things on the telly (mad fools)), folk will return to traditional hobbies. I teach the radio exams here in the UK and there is definately an increase in people taking up the hobby. I swelled the US Ham numbers by one the other day when I became licenced in the US. 73 Max M0GHQ / KJ4ISS
----- Original Message ----- From: "David Morrison" <[email protected]> To: "Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2009 7:44 PM Subject: Re: [AMRadio] WABOOF - Good News on HAM RADIO > 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. > ______________________________________________________________ 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.
