XPost: rec.radio.amateur.policy, uk.radio.amateur   
   From: roger@hayter.org   
      
   Spike  wrote:   
      
   > > ///////////////////////////////////////////   
   > > Foundations of Amateur Radio #212   
   >   
   > > Posted:   
   > > http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AmateurRadioNews/~3/AQdPjD_4gwM/foundatio   
   > > ns-of-amateur-radio-212.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email   
   >   
   > > The Regulator - From time to time our hobby changes. While the idea that   
   > > we're all a bunch of old men playing with spark gap transmitters, or using   
   > > strange noises to the annoyance of others, the reality of amateur radio is   
   > > markedly different from that stereotype   
   >   
   > Not according to the RSGB Members Surveys, which show the 'Average   
   > Amateur' is a sixty-year-old bloke who works HF CW and builds things.   
      
   Just because that is the 'average' does not mean there aren't some other   
   activities that may even be more interesting and prominent from the   
   public point of view.  An active minority can give a very different   
   image to the hobby.   
   --   
      
   Roger Hayter   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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