Dave, NM4M wrote: QST, you will find that each generation of hams states how much easier the ones that came behind have it. Its human nature.
------------------------- What a Ham needs to know to put a rig on the air today requires only a tiny part of the technical knowledge that past generations needed to know. Installing and repairing equipment also has grown more complex, just as all the various modes and procedures has made operating it more complex. Some people do it all. Others specialize. Most Hams do a little of both. Even commercial licenses reflect this. Today a shipboard Communications Officer may be licensed to operate the critical communications equipment, but he/she is not allowed to repair or tinker with it in any way. In the past, of course, "Sparky" was expected to do it all. If a modern Communications Officer wants to do repairs, he/she needs two difference licenses from the FCC. Many ships find it more practical to simply carry spares and let defective equipment be handled by specialists in port. Ron AC7AC ______________________________________________________________ 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
