Don't feel sorry for me. For while it lasted I have had loads of fun,
learned a lot, met many new friends, and travelled to places some can only
dream of; all because of amateur radio.
Yes I agree that the ARRL has 'sold it's soul to the devil'. Money.
Doug
I wasn't born in Saskatchewan, but I
Hi Doug
It is not us who have to change hobby, but them!
Long ago the definition of RADIO was Cordless Phone,
it seems to me that in the internet there is too much wire!!!
It would be as if Marconi to turn on the lights in Sydney
had used the phone to access a Melbourne radio to connect
with a
Eddy, Ham Radio is dead, extinct. It has been replaced with Internet
Radio.
I'm sorry for you!. I'm alive, we are alive. Ham Radio is more exciting and
alive than ever. 700.000 licensed in US only.
Don't look in the mirror, just do what works for you. Ham Radio is an option
and a hobby based
JC, In 1965 I remember taking the ferry from Rio over to Niteroi while
hauling a large trunk with some Drake Twins, some wire and a tuner,
along with the help of Rolf Rasp over to a location (PY1NFC?) in
Niteroi I was able to get on the air on 160 to and work W1BB and other
TB faithfuls
Eddy, Ham Radio is dead, extinct. It has been replaced with Internet Radio.
I once held an amateur radio licence; it now belongs in a museum. Some how
good things don't last forever. I have had a lot of fun when the hobby was
amateur radio. I guess it is time to move on and find another fun
Doug, that's a bit excessive. You're talking about a death from a
thousand cuts and this is the final one. I'm somewhat in agreement
with RHR being not such a great idea but I'm not 100% that way:
Someone mentioned Hams having to go to a retirement home and being
able to stay on the air after
