In Jeffrey Angus
wrote:

If the whole thing about amateur radio is communicating,
how come so many people can't seem to communicate?

Some people can, some can't, some choose not to.

Try JT65A on HF some time; you couldn't have a free-form QSO if you
wanted to.

You might just be running into a lot of folks who can't type. Or maybe a
run of QSOs with people who are just punching their WAS or DXCC tickets.

I got my RCC certificate when I was a kid; I spent hours on 6 meter AM
and later 2 meter FM with friends in the neighborhood.

Right now, I consider myself a CW DXer and most of my QSOs are 15
seconds long, if that.

For the last few months though, I've been playing with digital modes,
JT65A being the flavor of the month, which is becoming boring real fast.

I'm getting ready to buy a microphone and try some of that new-fangled
SSB stuff I've heard so much about.

It all runs in cycles, either your own or every one else's.

--
Bert Hyman W0RSB St. Paul, MN