Charles:

You are correct. And ham radio has really become irrelevant...

The millions or billions even who are on the internet give it meaning,
purpose and a self-sustaining argument for its existence...

.... all the things which ham radio DOES NOT have...

John

"Charles Brabham" wrote in message
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"John Smith" wrote in message
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N2EY:

I have asked the young men why they have no interest in getting a
ham license, it is because of the limitations placed on the no code
license--and the fact they are not interested in learning code to
chat with someone DX--a task which can be accomplished much easier
and reliably over the net with instant messaging, IRC chat, etc...
that is REAL. THAT is dropping the numbers of hams and putting
bands in danger of being lost... that is holding our numbers at
such low levels the FCC begins to find us more a bother than
anything else...


This does NOT make sense when our numbers are near their all time
high.


It's just another one of those guys who thinks that Ham Radio is only
relevant in as much as it resembles the Internet. - In other words,
the guy has no clue about the hobby but wants to run it down because
it is not the Internet.

I use this attitude as a handy intelligence test for amateurs... If
they cannot differentiate between Amateur Radio and the Internet, or
if they cannot see why there should and would be differences between
the two - then I know that they are brain-damaged ( or even worse ) -
associated with TAPR or the ARRL's HSMM group.

In any case the attitude indicates a clueless state in relation to the
amateur radio hobby.

Charles Brabham, N5PVL

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