Jeff Liebermann wrote:


For someone that's been in the hobby from before I could (legally)
drive a car, the magic is gone.

For you, it is perhaps. Not for me.


To someone new to the hobby,
communicating with peoples on the other side of the planet is
commonplace.

Has been for years.


Pickup a cell phone, dial, and talk. There's no magic
in that.

I remember making telephone calls to other countries when I was a little
kid in the 60's. The Transatlantic cable was laid in the mid 19th
century. People could talk a long way away then too. Worldwide
communications pre-dates radio communications. It's a matter of
infrastructure.

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I like to think of myself of being part of the solution, rather than
the prophet of doom and despair. Please ignore me and move on.

Not trying to bust your chops or anything, Jeff, but if you have no more
magic in you for Ham radio, its going to be really hard being part of
the solution.

- 73 de Mike N3LI -