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February 14th 04, 08:47 PM

In article ,
(stewart) writes:

(Len Over 21) wrote in message
...
There is another factor which is common to those amateurs not engaged
in a radio-specific occupation...that the state of the art of everything
in
amateur remain rooted in the familiar they know. That's almost
impossible since radio is only 107 years old and the technology involved
has been advancing in large plateau jumps all the while. That is true of
all electronics-related fields of work. They want the state of the art
to
be fixed so they can enjoy what they found emotionally satisfying long
ago when they reached their personal best in the hobby. Others of
the modern day are little interested in meeting antiquated standards of
entering amateur radio.

Amen, brother... you've gotten to the core of the problem. But, it is
WORSE than you state, as these people can't simply go on doing what
they've been doing, they try to STOP others from doing new things...
they are actually PRO-ACTIVE in their actions. I used to think it was
simply "foot-dragging" - but it is worse than that... they are like
little children, as they are being taken kicking and screaming to
their beds for the night, they will lash out or wildly grab onto
ANYTHING they can to slow the process... but, inevitably they WILL go
to sleep, and they just end up looking all the more PATHETIC for their
TANTRUM-THROWING.

Not a pretty picture to present to the public on "advancing the state
of the art" or showing all that "inherent good will." :-)

Ah, but the morsemen are the parental figures telling all the rest of
us how things should be in radio "for our good." If those are the
"parents" it's no wonder that they appear as a dysfunctional family.
[the Jukes on them, so to speak...]

Seven year old Extras, perfectly "qualified" in radio. Uh, huh...

LHA / WMD