Nah, it's more that renting a car doesn't count for 'car enthusiast street cred'. You can have fun renting a sports car or renting a nice ham station in a good QTH, but neither is the same 'achievement' as owning your own.
For me, it doesn't feel as rewarding to use internet linking or remote rigs; what makes ham radio cooler than the Internet is how little infrastructure we need. Talking directly to someone hundreds or thousands of miles away using a couple pieces of electronics and some wires is *magic* to me. But I don't think renting is 'worthless'; for some folks, that magic comes from talking to people halfway around the world, and a little extra infrastructure in between doesn't ruin it. Plus, you're still honing some of the same skills you'd use for local operation. I do think renting passes up a chance for even casual emergency preparedness; having and knowing how to deploy and use your own station is potentially useful in emergencies. I can, however, imagine that remote stations outside a disaster area could be helpful in routing traffic to and from the disaster area. Like a lot of aspects of this hobby, it boils down to: do what you find personally fun and rewarding, share it to inspire others, and don't tear down what other folks enjoy. 73, Julie On Tue, Jun 29, 2021, 17:07 John Jolly <[email protected]> wrote: > Been reading the 'rent vs own either does or does not = reality' posts and > am in a bit of a quandry. > > So when I rent a car to go on vacation, then it's not a vacation? > > 73, > > John, N7NWL > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]

