Yep. It's the annual "vintage radio" issue. Says so right on the cover.


Thank you, Thank You, THANK YOU!!! You make my point exactly!!!

I'm very much an ARRL supporter, but an "Annual Vintage Radio Issue" is a
pathetic statement about the technical leadership out of 225 Main Street.
Sorta validates LHA's persistent jeremiads about how backward amateurs
seem
to him. How much nicer if there were an "Annual Future Systems Issue".

73, de Hans, K0HB


Hello there Hans ......

Again I have to say that our service, hobby, endeavor, passion, pastime,
escape or whatever description or definition one makes is like the blind men
and the elephant. Each have a part and use their senses-perception to come
up with a concrete explanation of what they have. Ham radio is like this
..... and it is a strength not a weakness.

I know a lot of fellows will say that the service is strictly defined by the
FCC. That is a given but it has evolved into other areas. Kudos to the
ARRL for a nostalgia issue or any topic issue that generates interest.

I really think it is myopic to beat that "technical" horse as a lot of
fellows are not as interested as others ... part 97 or not. Grabbing the
technical end of the elephant and saying it is more important for the future
just may not be the case ....I don't know. Technology will come and be
absorbed by future hams more on the basis of modification of use rather than
basic "new" discoveries.

Like it or not the "marketplace" drives the existence of publications. I
used to subscribe to Ham Radio .....if it was "that good" then we would
still be getting it. The technos aspect just didn't ring enough ham bells
out there.


I'd like to say to all on the newsgroup .... Merry Christmas and the best
for 04

73 KI3R Tom Popovic KI3R Belle Vernon Pa