No where did I imply that you said you would give up HF. :) Differing aspects of amateur radio have their place. That's what makes it, in my opinion, the hobby I never grow tired of. Been pounding brass for almost 47 years now. CW will still be here 47 more years from now. D-Star will most likely yield to something else - which fine and dandy.
CU on 160 this winter. 73, Jozef WB2MIC On 9/2/2010 12 32 Hours, John Parkins wrote: > Hello Jozef, > > Read the post. No where did I say I would give up HF in favour of > D-Star, I said it's nice to have the option of either. > > When I want to sit in the garden and have a beer and a chat with > someone on the other side of the world D-Star is the way to go. When I > want to work DX then I go to the shack, fire up HF, put down the beer and > concentrate. > > Thursday, September 2, 2010, 9:44:59 AM, you wrote: > > J> D-Star, to me, will NEVER EVER, replace HF/SSB/CW and the thrill and > J> romance of being able to communicate with another human being without > J> any corporate infrastructure in-between. To give that up would be to > J> surrender to those that control the infrastructure. I am not about to > J> that, nor ever. D-Star is fun, fascinating, and useful. I like it. That > J> said, there will be that nag that always irritates about it that says I > J> am beholden to non-RF means to communicate. That is the nature of the > J> D-Star phenomenon. So, I will put up with the QRM and the QRN and make > J> those QSOs that actually require operator skill. For me, that is what > J> defines ham radio. D-Star just slightly refines it, and, degrades it at > J> the same time. > > J> JOzef > >
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