> When you think of it, what is up with ham radio, two guys trying to work > each other with qsb, qrm, using expensive equipment, big antenna's, > towers,etc, when you could do voice and video over the internet on a cheap > laptop or an I phone...on the beach, in the den, on a train, anyplace... >
Four things (at least): 1. The challenge of communicating under uncertain/difficult conditions. 2. The communications systems we hams use are generally simple enough that we can understand and engineer them ourselves. It's an appropriate level of challenge - difficult enough to hold our interest, and yet not so complicated that it's impossible for an individual to accomplish. 3. No dependance on infrastructure except (for those without emergency power) AC power. 4. The nostalgia/romantic factor of older technology. Modern technology is amazing and wonderful, and under most conditions, the most practical when you are trying to just communicate. But I suspect that's not why most people on this list are in amateur radio. 73, -Larry/NE1S -- Pay a visit to my amateur radio web page at: ne1s.rfburn.org ______________________________________________________________ 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 Post: [email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] with the word unsubscribe in the message body. This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
