"OM" wrote:

Ham radio's golden age was the 1950s & early 1960s. It has
been in a steady decline ever since. The ARRL & the FCC have
facilitated the decline, for different reasons. If you practiced har
radio in the 50s-early 60s, then you know what I am saying is
correct.


What a bunch of depressing malcontents in this newsgroup. I just read
through this newsgroup and if someone isn't crying about the code test,
someone else is crying about the written tests. Thrown into all this is
endless gripes about ARRL and the FCC. Now, we have someone talking about
the "golden" past like we can all just snap our fingers and go back to that
supposedly perfect time.

Ham radio is, and will always be, just what you make of it, people. If you
choose to focus on the worst aspects of anything, that's all you're going to
see. However, I suspect there is as many good things about ham radio today,
and as many good people in ham radio today, as there was during any other
time period. Regardless, this today is all we have. Either make the best of
it or perhaps you should find another hobby.


Dwight Stewart (W5NET)

http://www.qsl.net/w5net/