ORALFIXATION6996 wrote:
On Feb 25, 7:35 am, Billy Smith wrote:
NoMoreSpam wrote:
terry wrote:
On Feb 23, 9:32 pm, "Stefan Wolfe" wrote:
I think it would have been sufficient to punctuate your sentence with
just 3
question marks. Four question marks seems a bit excessive, agree???
Nah. The number of question marks is immaterial and avoids the
contentious and intolerant (rant?) of the OP. Such comments very
divisive to the the Amateur Radio hobby; IMHO.
Might one not think such an intolerant (possibly also an elitist?)
attitude by a serving (already licensed) radio amateur does not augur
well for the future of the hobby. Not sure as a newcomer I'd want to
join a group with members who have that 'unkind' attitude!
Previously noticing some other intolerant (even vituperative) comments
would not be surprised they may tend to give outsiders a view of an
outdated, closed knit clan/society. Old codgers still using spark
transmitters and coherer receivers, pounding away in their dimly lit
shacks late at night and boasting about how many countries they have
contacted for 500 milliseconds per contact; and please QSL.
QSLs via the Internet these days I presume?
Total four (4) question marks; used one at a time!
Rather than portray Amateur Radio as open, welcoming to younger
newcomers and new modes of communication/trends.
No wonder the hobby is, in the opinion of some, dying?
RIGHT, don't be an "elitist." Be a moron like the rest of the no-coders
so you will fit in.
As far as a moron you should best look at yourself. You would fit the
bill of an uneducated piece of trash.- Hide quoted text -

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I`ve been a Ham since 1975 and seen this kind of talk before. You 2
are the ones destroying Ham Radio. Yes ham radio is alive but not
well. The numbers are dropping and the age of us Hams are getting
older. Soon if we don`t attract younger people in it will be a dying
hobby. Code is important yes but not totally necessary. There are
other ways of encouraging young people to become hams. Code can be
part of it as well as the computer end. Why not be like the Boy Scouts
have HAm Radio clubs in schools from grades 1 and up and in churches
or the YMCA/YWCA with volunteers.

Rather than bash each others heads and stoop so low as calling each
other names why not put your heads together and think of positive ways
to bring new people into the fold !


I hesitate to put an oar in because I'm one of the brand new Hams. We
managed to get two dozen people to a one weekend tech class that were
mostly drawn from the membership of Community Emergency Response Teams.
I think that the service can be alive and well if it continues to
adapt itself to public need rather than to individual preferences no
matter how strong.

Having said that I will now admit that I was somewhat disappointed by
the ease with which I passed the exam. I had a novice license back
around 1973. At that time you had to pass the general theory to get a
technician class license. Obviously that is no longer true.

Now at the risk of being dangerously on topic let me ask the question I
came here to ask in a new thread.
--
Tom Horne, KB3OPR