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   From: kinvig.netta@ntlworld.com   
      
   "Roger Hayter"  wrote in message   
   news:1nnyw12.1zslla1kvtmkgN%roger@hayter.org...   
   > Alan  wrote:   
   >   
   >> Jimbo in Hawick ...  wrote:   
   >>   
   >> > It is still dying...   
   >>   
   >> Yes, but nowhere near as fast, and it is evolving   
   >>   
   >> > They should have left it alone...   
   >>   
   >> The numbers for the late 90s show that if nothing was changed, there'd be   
   >> pretty much no new UK amateurs. Something had to change, the theee-tier   
   >> structure was that change, it made a difference and I think it's unlikely   
   >> that decision will be reversed.   
   >>   
   >> BR de Al   
   >   
   > I think you're absolutely right, and the new scheme is probably a good   
   > thing.  However, I don't think I would have ever become a radio amateur   
   > if it had meant approaching some middle-aged volunteer via a club and   
   > doing a sort of show-and-tell test.   I would have had too much   
   > self-respect.   But maybe the world has changed and people like me are   
   > no loss to the hobby.   
   >   
   >   
   it was great...they just turned the CB clubs into hammy mens clubs and let   
   through all their pals .....not the kind of people we would want to be seen   
   dead with .....the no loss to the hobby are all the m3 and m6s ........as   
   one of my local MM3s when selling up his equipment said :  "only used for   
   jamming" ... anyway progress is all those new digital modes where it is all   
   done automatically by the computer ........   
      
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