Well, I certainly can agree with your point, it is well taken here and a
logical view...
However, you failed to mention those like me; with my "split-personality"
BOTH appeal to me! grin

Warmest regards,
John

"Caveat Lector" wrote in message
news:N1ree.1280$eU.711@fed1read07...
| Oranges to Apples
| Two different services for entirely different folks.
| Both have their merits and disadvantages.
|
| --
| CL -- I doubt, therefore I might be !
|
|

"i use the bands that best match the path."

The medium more or less dictates that discipline for DX.

Anywhere, not just dx...I actually don't work that much dx...
Even regional, choosing the right band is important.

H-F has lost commercial traffic to cable and satellite which are
available around the clock and calendar.

Yea, but I can't use the commercial freq's anyway...So to me, HF
is unchanged.


Even broadcasters have
satellite subscribers. They supply pictures too.. Yes, there`s amateur
TV, but it isn`t prevalent, and CBers don`t do it either.

I'm fully capable of TV. slow scan anywhere , or ATV on 70cm...
Not to mention all the other services available like wefax, data, etc..
I can do it all mobile, if I have a laptop...

Anyone who wants to contact the world anyplace at any time can get a
cell phone. The worldwide system will become compatible and pervasive.

Yea, I have one of those too....For the non radio types, thats the
best bet...

Who wants to use Morse code?

Doesn't bother me, if I needed to. But morse would not likely
be used in an emergency type deal...I'd more likely be on fone...
But if they wanna go to morse, I'm ready.. If we actually had a
hurricane,
I see myself being on 2m mainly for local stuff, but also on 80/40
doing regional welfare checks and info, liason, etc...Bout the same
as any other "emergency" like the quake in Mexico City, etc...Except,
they used 20m more, being farther away...They matched the band to
the path...

MK

Who wants to use Morse code?

I do ! And furthermore, neither YOU nor nobody else can stop me.
----
Reg, G4FGQ.

Reg:

No offense meant by me, here... personally, can't listen to it (code) for
prolonged periods without going to bed and hearing a mysterious station
sending the same message I copied earlier... frown

I envy those who can't even believe that...

Warmest regards,
John

"Reg Edwards" wrote in message
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| Who wants to use Morse code?
|
| I do ! And furthermore, neither YOU nor nobody else can stop me.
| ----
| Reg, G4FGQ.
|
|
|

"Reg Edwards" wrote in message
...
Who wants to use Morse code?

I do ! And furthermore, neither YOU nor nobody else can stop me.
----
Reg, G4FGQ.




Reg
It may be just the few of us.
My father directed artillery fire from a spotter plane with a key on a leg
strap.
Therefore I learned the code and the alphabet simultaneously.

I recall an article in Electronics World from 1962 referring to the genesis
of CB:

"The electronics industry needed a shot-in-the-arm." IIRC

The rule-makers "stabbed themselves in the back with their own ballpoints."
I will never forget that phrase; no "IIRC" needed.

I am still laughing.
73
H.

H. Adam Smith wrote:
"I recall an article in Electronics World from 1962 referring to the
genisis of CB:
"The electronics industry needed a shot-in-the-arm"IIRC."

It didn`t last. Now the magazine is gone too.

Ordinary citizens were denied access to the airwaves at the time. The
airwaves are public property which they could be permitted to use. The
airwaves are public property as the air we breathe is public. CB allowed
the general public legal access with no technical or Morse mumbo jumbo.

Profit potential gained support from many who would not have been for
loosing control over radio.

Best regards, Richard Harrison, KB5WZI

" no technical or Morse mumbo jumbo"

That's the problem Richard, it isn't mumbo jumbo, but what happened on 11
meters usually sounds like mumbo jumbo.

73
H.


"Richard Harrison" wrote in message
...
H. Adam Smith wrote:
"I recall an article in Electronics World from 1962 referring to the
genisis of CB:
"The electronics industry needed a shot-in-the-arm"IIRC."

It didn`t last. Now the magazine is gone too.

Ordinary citizens were denied access to the airwaves at the time. The
airwaves are public property which they could be permitted to use. The
airwaves are public property as the air we breathe is public. CB allowed
the general public legal access with no technical or Morse mumbo jumbo.

Profit potential gained support from many who would not have been for
loosing control over radio.

Best regards, Richard Harrison, KB5WZI

H. Adam Stevens, NQ5H wrote:
"That`s the problem Richard, it isn`t mumbo jumbo, but what happened on
11 meters usually sounds like mumbo jumbo."

When the radio amateur service was established, spark transmitters
abounded.. Transmitters lacked stability, movies were silent, and
ionospheric propagation was not well understood.

A lot has changed. Radios are very stable and radio-telephone has long
been the mode of choice. An operator specially trained in the theory and
practice of radio is no more necessary than a trained auto mechanic is
needed to operate a car or truck.

Operators should know radio law and rules. They should be required to
operate within the law. When they break the rules they should be
penalized.

Best regards, Richard Harrison, KB5WZI

"Richard Harrison" wrote in message
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snip
Operators should know radio law and rules. They should be required to
operate within the law. When they break the rules they should be
penalized.

Best regards, Richard Harrison, KB5WZI


The frequencies between the 10 meter ham band and CB are a target rich
environment.