I wonder if we who are the Usenet-frequenting Radio
Hams might somehow get together to sort out the
dreadful mess that has been created in no small
part by the self-interest of those who control
the RSCB?

Might we all act together to produce a series
of "biscuits" that could then be assembled
Lego-like fashion to produce any rig or test
equipment? This would have a number of benefits,
not the least of which would be the bankrupting
of the cancerous emporia whose off-the-shelf
Cheque-Book (CB) radios are not only discouraging
the homebrew engineering that is the essence
of _REAL_ Ham Radio but also encouraging an
altogether undesirable element to regard
themselves as of our ranks. Once the advertising
income from those dead emporia ceased to flow,
then the national societies might get back
to supporting technical excellence instead
of Complete Bull**** (CB) as they do now?

(And, no, I'm not thinking in terms of the facile
hardware exercises that bring on the disease known
as the gangrenous degeneration that is the M3/CB
Fools' Licence scheme; facile because once a
so-called "licence" has been granted the hardware
diversion is largely forgotten.)