A absolut PERFECT explanation about the present situation and the future of our loved hobby. Unfortunately most young new Hams I have seen started using FT 8, has already gone qrt. No challenge, no skill. I will NOT discuss this any further. Please consider,and we will see what will happen. Have a nice week-end Hans SM6CVX
> 11 jan 2020 kl. 15:32 skrev Roger Kennedy <ro...@wessexproductions.co.uk>: > > > It's easy to appreciate why many people - who are passionate about the hobby > - get upset about some of the things they see as being very negative to the > hobby. > > Here in Britain there were LOTS of well-respected Amateurs who were actively > involved in Jamming the VHF Repeaters when they first came on the air in the > 1970s. I would never have done such a thing, but I appreciated why those > people were concerned about it having a negative effect on the hobby. > People could now not bother to put up a decent antenna for 2m, yet work > stations 50 miles away. > > However, most new amateurs that did that very quickly got bored with the > hobby, as there was no sense of achievement, no reason to self-improve . . . > and disappeared off the air. Those that got the satisfaction of working > stations further away through their own efforts were usually the ones that > sustained interest in the hobby. > > (It's interesting that there is almost NO activity on the various Repeaters > here in Britain these days . . . which kind of confirms my point!) > > I think it's the same logic that many of us apply to the computer-based > modes/protocols . . . that there is no skill involved, and so no real sense > of achievement, like there is when puling a really weak DX station out of > the noise . . . with the result that those people will very soon lose > interest in the hobby. > > So those of you who are so keen on them, please at least understand our > motives . . . it's because of our passion for the hobby that we are against > these computer-based modes . . . in the same way as I personally am against > VHF Repeaters or accessing remote Transmitting or even Receiving sites. > > Roger G3YRO > > _________________ > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector