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January 26th 04, 01:08 PM
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"Dee D. Flint" wrote in message igy.com...
"William" wrote in message om... "Dee D. Flint" wrote in message igy.com... Old timers dropping out will not do a thing. There are enough new people coming in that they won't even notice. Instead we will be left with an even more unbalanced viewpoint. Depends on your point of view. I'm going to encourage more cranky old hams to drop out. Although new versus old does cause friction, the balance is still needed. The new bring fresh enthusiasm and new ideas. The old have the experience to weigh these ideas and modify them so they will work or to spot ideas that have been tried in the past and known to fail. We need both old and new. Dee D. Flint, N8UZE Here we go again with the demographics. The ARS is a geriatric service. Too bad they took the birth date out of the database. |
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#2
January 26th 04, 02:01 PM
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William wrote:
"Dee D. Flint" wrote in message igy.com... "William" wrote in message .com... "Dee D. Flint" wrote in message igy.com... Old timers dropping out will not do a thing. There are enough new people coming in that they won't even notice. Instead we will be left with an even more unbalanced viewpoint. Depends on your point of view. I'm going to encourage more cranky old hams to drop out. Although new versus old does cause friction, the balance is still needed. The new bring fresh enthusiasm and new ideas. The old have the experience to weigh these ideas and modify them so they will work or to spot ideas that have been tried in the past and known to fail. We need both old and new. Dee D. Flint, N8UZE Here we go again with the demographics. The ARS is a geriatric service. Too bad they took the birth date out of the database. She's *kind* of right, Brian. I'd modify it that the oldsters should be the helpful type, not the ones spitting bile about how awful or stupid everyone is anymore. 8^) I really enjoy talking with old timers about ham radio and radio in general as long as I don't get an earful of vitriol. - Mike KB3EIA - |
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#3
January 26th 04, 07:06 PM
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"Mike Coslo" wrote in message ... William wrote: "Dee D. Flint" wrote in message igy.com... "William" wrote in message .com... "Dee D. Flint" wrote in message igy.com... Old timers dropping out will not do a thing. There are enough new people coming in that they won't even notice. Instead we will be left with an even more unbalanced viewpoint. Depends on your point of view. I'm going to encourage more cranky old hams to drop out. Although new versus old does cause friction, the balance is still needed. The new bring fresh enthusiasm and new ideas. The old have the experience to weigh these ideas and modify them so they will work or to spot ideas that have been tried in the past and known to fail. We need both old and new. Dee D. Flint, N8UZE Here we go again with the demographics. The ARS is a geriatric service. Too bad they took the birth date out of the database. She's *kind* of right, Brian. I'd modify it that the oldsters should be the helpful type, not the ones spitting bile about how awful or stupid everyone is anymore. 8^) I really enjoy talking with old timers about ham radio and radio in general as long as I don't get an earful of vitriol. - Mike KB3EIA - Keep in mind also that the vitriolic ones tend to be highly vocal and noticeable thus giving people the impression that there are a lot of them when in reality they are only a handful. Dee D. Flint, N8UZE |
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#4
January 26th 04, 09:15 PM
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Mike Coslo wrote in message ...
William wrote: "Dee D. Flint" wrote in message igy.com... "William" wrote in message .com... "Dee D. Flint" wrote in message igy.com... Old timers dropping out will not do a thing. There are enough new people coming in that they won't even notice. Instead we will be left with an even more unbalanced viewpoint. Depends on your point of view. I'm going to encourage more cranky old hams to drop out. Although new versus old does cause friction, the balance is still needed. The new bring fresh enthusiasm and new ideas. The old have the experience to weigh these ideas and modify them so they will work or to spot ideas that have been tried in the past and known to fail. We need both old and new. Dee D. Flint, N8UZE Here we go again with the demographics. The ARS is a geriatric service. Too bad they took the birth date out of the database. She's *kind* of right, Brian. I'd modify it that the oldsters should be the helpful type, not the ones spitting bile about how awful or stupid everyone is anymore. 8^) I really enjoy talking with old timers about ham radio and radio in general as long as I don't get an earful of vitriol. - Mike KB3EIA - I kind of miss W0EX. |
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#5
January 26th 04, 09:56 PM
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"William" wrote in message om... I kind of miss W0EX. Funny you should say that. I was just looking at his QSL card wondering how he is. I sent him a few e-mails to both addresses known to work...and no reply. Hope he's ok. 73 de Bert WA2SI |
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#6
January 26th 04, 11:23 PM
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Bert Craig wrote:
Funny you should say that. I was just looking at his QSL card wondering how he is. I sent him a few e-mails to both addresses known to work...and no reply. Hope he's ok. Speaking of QSL cards, I just received one today from the 5 land qsl burro from an OH station in Finland I worked on September 26, *1981*. Better late than never I suppose. |
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#7
January 27th 04, 03:12 AM
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"JJ" wrote in message
... Bert Craig wrote: Funny you should say that. I was just looking at his QSL card wondering how he is. I sent him a few e-mails to both addresses known to work...and no reply. Hope he's ok. Speaking of QSL cards, I just received one today from the 5 land qsl burro from an OH station in Finland I worked on September 26, *1981*. Better late than never I suppose. Wow, and I just recently received one from a 2/03 QSO...and I thought THAT was an unreasonably long time. hihi 73 de Bert WA2SI |
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#8
January 27th 04, 10:21 AM
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"Bert Craig" wrote in message
et... "JJ" wrote in message ... Bert Craig wrote: Funny you should say that. I was just looking at his QSL card wondering how he is. I sent him a few e-mails to both addresses known to work...and no reply. Hope he's ok. Speaking of QSL cards, I just received one today from the 5 land qsl burro from an OH station in Finland I worked on September 26, *1981*. Better late than never I suppose. Wow, and I just recently received one from a 2/03 QSO...and I thought THAT was an unreasonably long time. hihi 73 de Bert WA2SI When I read about QSL'ing (I think in the Now You're Talking Book) before I got my ticket, the idea sounded grand. But, I quickly became disinterested when the reality of how long it takes, coupled with the added aggravation of having a bureau, etc. I understand the idea of handling costs, etc. But, it's just too much aggravation for me. There's supposedly some QSL cards waiting for me somewhere up in OK, I think at a QSL Manager or something. Someone posted the information here in the newsgroup one time. They'd probably mean nothing to me any more because I wouldn't even remember the contact! LOL But, for DXers and paper chasers, it's probably a nicely organized rigmarole. Do you mind the wait, Bert? You must be "into" DXing and contesting, eh? Kim W5TIT |
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