Dan:

That certainly sounds as exciting as a visit to a rest home, which, by
the way, is something I attempt to avoid at all costs...

.... only another 80 year old can really appreciate another 80 year
old...

John

"Dan/W4NTI" wrote in message
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I talk with a lot of late 80 and early 90 year old hams. You need
to wake up and smell the roses me boy.

Dan/W4NTI

"mopathetic didn't camp at Dayton! CHICKEN BOY"
wrote in message
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let me see-the mean age for hams is approx 65-if we add 25 years
65+25=90

since the lifespan of men is shorter than females-you are joking
right

have you QSO'ed with many 90 year old hams in resthomes-that must
be exciting


"Dee Flint" wrote in message
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"mopathetic didn't camp at Dayton! CHICKEN BOY"
wrote in message
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exactly

but only a couple of guys here even have a clue

that is a problem

"ham radio truth" wrote in message
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"Michael Coslo" wrote in message
...
What is more important:

1. Having a license that allows HF access.

2. Not having to learn Morse code.

IOW, is standing on principle, and refusing to learn Morse code
a better
thing than learning it to get the priveliges?

- Mike KB3EIA -

YES to CW or NO to CW makes no difference whatsoever Mike.
Not at this stage of the game. Ham radio is a dying hobby,
period.

The average age of the USA ham operator is a staggering 64
Years.
There are FIVE TIMES more hams dying off per month than there
are new hams comming into the hobby and license renewals
combined.

80% of young people 2-day have text messaging cellphones.
Also there's AOL Instant Messenger or similar Chatroom software
plus Apple IPOD Podcasting and similar technology. (just wait
till
the wireless IPOD hits around October 2005 just in time for
xmas!)

What young person, apart from the occasional geek, would want to
invest time and money in archaic, obsolete, analog technology
based
ham radio in 2005? Oh yes there will be a few, but for the most
part
today's young people wouldn't know ham radio from CB and could
not care less either.

Tune across HF any evening and tell me how many young people
you hear on SSB. Most of the guys I hear on 75 Meters are long
retired and most callsigns I recall from just 10 Years ago are
either
in the local nursing home or 6 feet under the earth.

Read the handwriting boys. At this rate Ham Radio will be dead
by 2030.

Well most of the hams I know, including myself, have pretty good
odds of still being alive and kicking in 2030.

Dee D. Flint, N8UZE