You are lucky the QSO was not about a guy going in for a knee replacement or that his wife and kids left him, or that his dog died, etc.
David Knepper, W3ST/W3CRA Publisher of the Collins Journal Secretary of the Collins Radio Association www.collinsra.com Join today Nets: 14.263 Mhz, 1900Z, Sundays 3.805 Mhz, 2300Z, Mondays ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bernie Doran" <qedconsulta...@embarqmail.com> To: "Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service" <amradio@mailman.qth.net> Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2010 1:13 PM Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Ham Radio Growing in the Age of Twitter >I almost did not comment David, but was not sure if you ment all hams of > just "us' if just us I am not surprised even a little, the guys on AM > typically have a good idea of what they are doing and that is a major > reason > why I work AM. ten was open a bit yesterday and I worked a few > stations.(SSB) the conversations were short ( not on my end) and sounded > like CB jargon. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Knepper" <collinsra...@comcast.net> > To: "Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service" > <amradio@mailman.qth.net> > Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2010 10:07 AM > Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Ham Radio Growing in the Age of Twitter > > >> Bernie, I should have been more explicit in my reference to "like hams." >> I >> was referring to the folks like us that enjoy "old-time radio," and not >> to >> the entire universe of hams. >> >> Thank you for this excellent point and allowing me to clarify my >> comments. >> >> David Knepper, W3ST/W3CRA >> Publisher of the Collins Journal >> Secretary of the Collins Radio Association >> www.collinsra.com >> Join today >> Nets: 14.263 Mhz, 1900Z, Sundays >> 3.805 Mhz, 2300Z, Mondays >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Bernie Doran" <qedconsulta...@embarqmail.com> >> To: "Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service" >> <amradio@mailman.qth.net> >> Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2010 9:40 AM >> Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Ham Radio Growing in the Age of Twitter >> >> >>> HI Dave: not to throw water on you premise, but the sample size is far >>> too >>> small and the group sampled is not representative of the population. My >>> guess is that the true range is less than 50% for all licensed hams, >>> probably much less! I would wager 50% are not even active. Bernie >>> W8RPW >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "David Knepper" <collinsra...@comcast.net> >>> To: "Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service" >>> <amradio@mailman.qth.net> >>> Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2010 8:21 AM >>> Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Ham Radio Growing in the Age of Twitter >>> >>> >>>> Based on my sample size of 43 that results indicate that 99 percent >>>> responded affirmatively to each of the statements in the first survey. >>>> I >>>> concluded that there is a high likelihood that the entire populations >>>> of >>>> like hams would express a similar response rate at a 95 percent >>>> confidence >>>> level. >>>> >>>> Thank you to all those that participated in this survey. >>>> >>>> David Knepper, W3ST/W3CRA >>>> Publisher of the Collins Journal >>>> Secretary of the Collins Radio Association >>>> www.collinsra.com >>>> Join today >>>> Nets: 14.263 Mhz, 1900Z, Sundays >>>> 3.805 Mhz, 2300Z, Mondays >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: <sbjohns...@aol.com> >>>> To: <amradio@mailman.qth.net> >>>> Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 8:42 PM >>>> Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Ham Radio Growing in the Age of Twitter >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Do you own a soldering iron? 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