"Dr. Anton.T. Squeegee"
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In article
nk
..net,
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I canceled my Leage membership after their
first restructuring proposal for
amateur radio. Now, after seeing their new
proposal, I wish I had NEVER
been a member! Seems the Arrl philosophy is
that: if ham radio is to
survive it MUST sound like CB.


Tee'd Off

Seems to me like you're getting mad at the wrong
people.

Ham radio, like Life itself (I've said this
before, and I'll
probably end up saying it again), is a mirror.
You get back EXACTLY what
you put into it.

What you hear on the air is a reflection of the
PERSONALITY of
each INDIVIDUAL operator. It has NOTHING to do
with how hard they
studied for their license, or how much they
know, or how many letters
they have after their name.

If ham radio is declining in the "quality" of
what's heard on the
air, it's because of poor operators making life
miserable for the
newbies, apparently all because of some
misguided sense of loyalty. To
what or to whom this loyalty is directed, I have
never understood.

Let me ask you something: Have you ever made
comments on the air
that were derogatory to someone who was new to
the hobby? Have you ever
adopted an air of superiority in the presence of
a newbie?

If so, then YOU are part of the problem. If you
do not feel you
can be civil to a new operator (remember, there
was a day when NONE of
us had ever seen a microphone or transmitter,
let alone operated one),
then simply ignore them and move on to something
else.

The "Death of Ham Radio" has been predicted by
many others for
many years. Yet, the Amateur Radio SERVICE
endures to this day.
Different from what it was ten or twenty years
ago, yes, but it endures.
This tells me that new licensees aren't the prob
lem, and it tells me
that the ARRL isn't the problem.

What I see as the REAL problem are those
"veterans" in the HOBBY
who have become so obsessed with their own ideas
of whom is superior to
whom that they will deliberately make life on
the air miserable for
anyone who doesn't measure up to their own
standards. I think such
people would be doing much better to offer
polite-but-firm correction to
operating errors, and be willing to SHARE their
knowledge as opposed to
zealously guarding it like some grumpy dragon
guarding their hoard.

You may not like the ARRL for whatever reason.
Fine. That's your
choice (I'm proud to be a 'Lifer' myself). But
would you find it so very
hard to remember and respect "The Amateur's
Code" that they publish? It
dates all the way back to the League's founding,
and the days of Hiram
Percy Maxim (without whom we wouldn't even HAVE
Amateur Radio).

Chill out. The only things that will truly kill
amateur radio are
forgetting its origins, WHY we have it today,
and more anger and hatred
at newbies just because they have an easier time
getting licensed than
some of us did.
--
(Known to some as Bruce Lane, KC7GR)

Right on!!!!

Like the Radio school at Ft Gordon Ga? Where
students were already learning CW and Radio theory
in classes, and at K4WAR the guys got together and
studied for their license with instructors from
the school. Like you were going to fail with all
that help? Vs the determined blind guy who
learned it on his own? Like is not Fair, it is
what you make of it!

K7DUP......