On 7 Nov 2003 17:56:52 -0800, (Art Unwin KB9MZ)
wrote:

Has a radio station lost income because advertisers
are not having their messages heard by some listeners?
Have any radio stations complained of interference
of any sort ?

These people count much more than anybody because
they have money which means influence.

Unless they end up interfering with safety services and aviation.
how'd you like to have the airliner you are riding in suddenly lose
the glide slope on the way down the ILS in a heavy rain with a 200
foot ceiling?

What would really count is to vote out the present
government so that it would cost twice as much as
was originaly thought as influence costs would
have to start all over again.
On the other hand is local broadcasting on the way out

I don't support the local stations if that's what you mean. They and I
have had some disagreements.

together with ham radio? We appear to know everything that counts

I think that was said about Physics, Astronomy, and a number of other
fields way back in the eighteen hundreds too.

so that with mystery gone so will curiousity. Our monthly magazine
is not eagerly awaited anymore as the first portion is really of
interest to the few and the second portion is devoted to

What few. I read the adds and haven't had to pay for it in over 30
years.

organisational business.

Home brewing programmable QRP rigs and projects is becoming much more
popular in our area, although I still prefer QRO. I'm over hauling an
old Henry 2K4 that lost a bout with lightening although it survived
pretty well. Just the SWR circuitry and bias diode were fried.

Seems like a lot of hams have migrated to the internet to discuss
items of interest.
You certainly do not hear technical discussions anymore

Those make up about a quarter of what you hear on our local repeater
(147.00)

I personaly have not been on the air for ages
other than an occasional test, and I suspect that I am not alone.

I'm more active now than in the last 20 years.

snip
perhaps we should think more of what is best to the common interest,

Other than BPL doesn't do what they say. It still requires a broad
band cable to run along with it to feed the power line on the order of
every block or less. So what is the advantage of running BPL if you
already have the required broad band cable?

perpetuating ham radio for the few old people until they die or
enlarging internet access for the many and for the future, something
that our hobby does not have.

Novice classes and upgrading here in the Midland area are going great
with plans for a new class coming up. The choice now, is how much
upgrading to they want to add to the classes..

Roger Halstead (K8RI EN73 & ARRL Life Member)
www.rogerhalstead.com
N833R World's oldest Debonair? (S# CD-2)

Art

Please throw your rocks into this basket and not at me !
TIA


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