LOL! Jim and Dave,
You both have made great contribution to the hobby. I am an ex ARRL Assistant Technical Editor, working with Doug DeMaw, W1FB, and Jerry Hall, K1TD in the Tech Department of ARRL, and was a contributor to the ARRL Handbook and QST editor. Oh, and 47 years in the hobby now: I think i know a thing or two about radio, but, am always learning -- that's what keeps it interesting. Other than that, I've spent 35+ years as a software engineer. Measuring a ham's worth by what they know technically is, sad to say, a very myopic view of the world. Many hams are non-technical, especially new ones. Many come to the hobby from non-technical backgrounds, and are usually excellent communicators. They enrich our hobby tremendously, never the less. >From my experience, RS-232 and CAT in general is one of the most difficult issues hams deal with. "Plug and Play" and the details of the intricacies of the USB bus and different Windows device driver models are not on any ham exam, nor should an end user ever have to mess with them. It is a difficult challenge to solve for end uses due to the incredible complexity of the Windows PC ecosystem. As a contester, I know messing with interfacing CAT, Sound and Networking are the bain of many, and consume the most time in prep for any event. This is the nature of our hobby today. However, there is no need to get a CS degree to have fun. Please keep contributing, but remember not everyone has your skills. Judging from the number of private emails I've received, I know I'm helping people solve their issues. We are on the Elecraft reflector. Bravo to the Elecraft team. They build radios for communicators, not computer geeks. IMHO, the only company that really gets that. Peace. 73, Gerry W1VE On Thu, Jul 7, 2022, 4:58 AM Jim Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > On 7/7/2022 12:58 AM, Dave B via Elecraft wrote: > > Well, this is a "technical" hobby, and such technicalities are not going > > to go away anytime soon I suspect. Especially in regards to the use of > > computers in the shack. > > Yep. Traditionally, ham radio has been a hobby for those who what to > LEARN stuff. The guys who put us in space and on the moon started out > with ham radio and the ARRL Handbook. I'm of that generation, worked in > other fields, but that's how I started out! > > 73, Jim K9YC > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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]
