During the first fifty years of the twentieth century, ham radio went from
being an experiment to virtually an art form. Because of the few government
restrictions and the low monetary investment required, the concept of ham
radio appealed to various people. More than just a simple hobby,
On 22nd August, Don wrote...
...One of the few exceptions to the above, but by far the most prominent,
lies within the AM community, where genuine amateur radio lives on as both
a technically oriented hobby and an art form.
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Well put, Don --- congratulations on
Indeed.
http://www.lakeerieba.com/caveman.htm
--- D. Chester [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
A great pity that's no longer true to-day. Thanks to commercial interests
and the instant gratification gimme attitude of modern society, mainstream
ham radio has declined into a consumer activity,
A great pity that's no longer true to-day. Thanks to commercial
interests
and the instant gratification gimme attitude of modern society,
mainstream
ham radio has declined into a consumer activity, that appeals largely to
retirees with disposable income.
In the past year or so
I have often been of the opinion that AM'ers are unique in that, on the one
hand, they are perhaps the epitome of appliance operatoring (albeit with
appliances that are a half-century-plus in age!),
I know what you mean, but I do encounter a lot of broadcast or surplus
conversions, and
I'm trying to track down one or two articles from Popular Electronics.
If you have a collection of these magazines that include the years 1963, 64,
67, and 68, please e-mail me off list.
Mike Duke, K5XU
American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs
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