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January 23rd 04, 04:33 AM
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BRAVO Anton....BRAVO !
"Dr. Anton.T. Squeegee" wrote in message ... In article .net, says... I canceled my Leage membership after their first restructuring proposal for amateur radio. Now, after seeing their new proposal, I wish I had NEVER been a member! Seems the Arrl philosophy is that: if ham radio is to survive it MUST sound like CB. Tee'd Off Seems to me like you're getting mad at the wrong people. Ham radio, like Life itself (I've said this before, and I'll probably end up saying it again), is a mirror. You get back EXACTLY what you put into it. What you hear on the air is a reflection of the PERSONALITY of each INDIVIDUAL operator. It has NOTHING to do with how hard they studied for their license, or how much they know, or how many letters they have after their name. If ham radio is declining in the "quality" of what's heard on the air, it's because of poor operators making life miserable for the newbies, apparently all because of some misguided sense of loyalty. To what or to whom this loyalty is directed, I have never understood. Let me ask you something: Have you ever made comments on the air that were derogatory to someone who was new to the hobby? Have you ever adopted an air of superiority in the presence of a newbie? If so, then YOU are part of the problem. If you do not feel you can be civil to a new operator (remember, there was a day when NONE of us had ever seen a microphone or transmitter, let alone operated one), then simply ignore them and move on to something else. The "Death of Ham Radio" has been predicted by many others for many years. Yet, the Amateur Radio SERVICE endures to this day. Different from what it was ten or twenty years ago, yes, but it endures. This tells me that new licensees aren't the problem, and it tells me that the ARRL isn't the problem. What I see as the REAL problem are those "veterans" in the HOBBY who have become so obsessed with their own ideas of whom is superior to whom that they will deliberately make life on the air miserable for anyone who doesn't measure up to their own standards. I think such people would be doing much better to offer polite-but-firm correction to operating errors, and be willing to SHARE their knowlege as opposed to zealously guarding it like some grumpy dragon guarding their hoard. You may not like the ARRL for whatever reason. Fine. That's your choice (I'm proud to be a 'Lifer' myself). But would you find it so very hard to remember and respect "The Amateur's Code" that they publish? It dates all the way back to the League's founding, and the days of Hiram Percy Maxim (without whom we wouldn't even HAVE Amateur Radio). Chill out. The only things that will truly kill amateur radio are forgetting its origins, WHY we have it today, and more anger and hatred at newbies just because they have an easier time getting licensed than some of us did. -- Dr. Anton Squeegee, Director, Dutch Surrealist Plumbing Institute (Known to some as Bruce Lane, KC7GR) kyrrin a/t bluefeathertech d-o=t c&o&m Motorola Radio Programming & Service Available - http://www.bluefeathertech.com/rf.html "Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati" (Red Green) |
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