XPost: uk.radio.amateur
From: roger@hayter.org
Jimbo in Hawick ... wrote:
> "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 ....
But if they were the only people who actually wanted to be amateurs then
what do you do? No point in reserving the hobby for those of us who
are dying off!
> .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 ........
Someone's got to set up the computer! Unless you think the future AIs
that run the earth will want to play with WSPR? (They may want this as
a defence against guerrila remnants of humanity cutting their optical
cables?)
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Roger Hayter
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