"Walt Davidson" wrote in message
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On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 16:53:39 +1100, "Martin, VK2UMJ"
wrote:

If you support the landline linking of repeaters then you MUST also
support
the IRLP system, it is the exact same concept except using technology that
makes it affordable to almost every ham....

But we don't. We don't support repeaters at all. It was when voice
repeaters were introduced on the 2m and 70cm bands in the early
seventies that the rot began to set in.

Now we see the true problem with IRLP... If it isn't HF, spark-gap and
pedal powered it just isn't amateur radio, is it! I guess you also build
your own radio gear, totally, don't you? I mean, using commercial built
gear just isn't what amateur radio is all about, is it!

So, satellites, ISS, space shuttle, packet, ATV and SSTV should all be
removed from the hobby as well? Just good old CW and spark-gap or valve
gear only, home built on a piece of ply-wood............

People like YOU are the main reason newcomers decide to dump ham radio or
not even start in the first place. Stuck up, pompass, arrogant old fossils
stuck in the past and unwilling to even consider new or changing technology.
I guess you also have your very own group of fellow hams (those that haven't
been moved to a nursing home yet) that you regularly chat to on HF, refusing
to admit any newcomers to the QSO because, let's face it, if they didn't
have to totally build their own radio using nothing but safety pins,
paperclips and the wire from an old AM wireless, AND have a written
reference from Morse himself, then they just aren't hams, are they....

Oh, and by the way, you really need to keep up with the thread - some of
your fellow 'debaters' have already admitted that repeater linking by
landline is perfectly acceptable, so you can't even manage to get your own
side to agree with your opinions!! What a JOKE!!!

Sorry Walt, but IMHO (In My Humble Opinion for the oldies) ham radio would
be far better without YOU, and those like YOU. Otherwise, the hobby will no
doubt die as operators like you constantly alienate new technology and
newcomers alike. Hope you enjoy the onset of BPL!!!


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