No Slimers wrote:
On Wed, 19 Apr 2006 02:31:36 +0000, Iitoi wrote:

policy-ham Wrote:
The May issue of Worldradio Magazine came today and has a big article
talking about how ham radio is going 100% digital very soon. The
writer
says it will be less than 10 years before all SSB, CW and whatever is
gone and hams are forced to have digital radios. Its titled
Digitalization and starts on page 40.

I read the article. It's laughable.

Pasternak starts off with some false hypotheses and then tries to use
logic to build upon them. Trouble is, when logic is applied to false
hypotheses, the conclusions reached are meaningless.
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Before I'd ever purchase all new "digital" ham equipment, I'd simply
go off the air for good. If thousands of other hams do that, then
what happens to the "pool of skilled radio operators" that Pasternak
babbles on about?

standard luddite Ham

Nope. It's too absurd to ever happen. Pasternak must be living in La
La Land.
not to absurd to ever happen but never in the time line suggested