Dick Carroll wrote in message ...

(huge snippage)

You really should try to keep up with Fred and his cohorts.

Dick,

Fred who?

They're
about to leave you behind to enjoy, with the rest of us, what little
useful part of ham radio that will be left, if any, when you-all are
finished.

There's an old story about how a frog tossed into a pan of hot water
will jump right out, but if put in a pan of cool water that is slowly
warmed, frog will be cooked before noticing the gradual change in
temperature.

73 de Jim, N2EY