mike wrote:

Yeah, that's what ham radio needs: more people with no clue what ham
radio is, no desire to use it for amateur, technological, dxing or
emergency service purposes, and whose only motivation is to save on
cellphones. There's already a band in place for such purpose and it's
called CB.

And we wonder why ham radio is not growing. With sweet-talkers like
you on the welcoming committee...

What is our goal? To preserve amateur radio for all the ideas that it
was originally established, enhanced with contemporary technological
features? Or is it growth at all cost?

If it is the latter, then why even bother with testing - let's simply
give away licenses on the street corner.

Excuse me while I get back to my technological, dxing and emergency
services work.

I entered amateur radio for the love of the hobby/service itself, for
experimenting, contesting and dxing. So did a majority of my ham radio
friends and acquaintances.

You, otoh, feel that ham radio can benefit from people who want to use
it only to talk to their grandmother and order a pizza.

As I said - there's already a perfect band for this and it's called CB.

73 .... WA7AA


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