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August 10th 03, 12:28 PM

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(Brian Kelly) writes:

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Besides, everything hams do is either "for enjoyment" or public
service.

But . . but . . geez, wait a minnit here! What about all the
technological leaps forward we're 'sposed to lead . . ? It sez so in
97.1 . . isn't that the Techs job??

It's everybody's job. And nobody's.

Whew: The latter gets me off the hook . .

And everyone else.

You'll see, the techno folks who
will come into the ARS after Element 1 goes away will create a techno
revolution just like the one created when the Tech lost its code test.
Just watch....

What AGAIN??!

Yep. Brace yourself.

It won't be possible for us OFs to keep up with it if
it's even close to a repeat of the technology explosion of '92-'93.

Which was dwarfed by the followup in '95 when the vanity call rules changed.
And the total inundation by technorevolutionaries after the 2000 restructuring.

It was almost sad, seeing all that nearly-new ham gear made obsolete overnight
by the waves of radical technical improvements the technically-knowledgeable
newbies brought. Remember how Yaesu, Kenwood and Icom nearly dominated the ham
market until those folks revived homebrewing to the point that "appliance
operating" is just a niche interest?

We're doomed to obsolescence. Sob.

Yeah - HRO practically giving away those IC-7800s, TenTec offering the Orion as
a kit and being snubbed because there wasn't enough DSP in it. And all those
surplus SINGCARS set mods cluttering up QST....

Does that mean none of it should be tested?

That'll be covered in the next round . .

Maia & Co. are already working on that.

With "leaders" like him and Stevenson how can we miss?

Those two are NOT the same! At least Carl believes in written testing!

Fun fact: Check the lookup counter in QRZ.com for W5YI.

73 de Jim, N2EY

73 de Jim, N2EY