"N9OGL" wrote in message
ups.com...
The point of the argument is for amateur's radio to grow amateurs are
going
to have to compete with the internet. Compete in the sense of getting
people into the hobby. The old modes of communication isn't going to
cut
it anymore. The vast majority of people would rather get on the
internet
instead of getting into a hobby which has nothing to really offer in
terms
new modes of communication. Many amateur radio operators can face the
fact
that amateur radio is slowly falling behind in technology and thus in
turn
is slowly dying off. Amateur radio will not grow if you can't get
people
into the service. You can drop the licensing structure down to nothing
but
no one will come into a hobby without dated modes of communication.


Todd N9OGL


How can you compare the internet to ham radio? Ham radio is using the
'ether', not wires and computers. There is no competition between
internet and ham radio. Those that are actually into real radio will choose
ham radio, those into computer things will choose the internet. Of course
there is a spill over between the two. But that only enhances the
experience, not competes with it.

There will always be a ham radio. Probably not in the form it is today.
And what is wrong with liking the modes we use? Hams still us AM, and we
would still be on spark if it were allowed. Just because it is old, does
NOT make it bad.

Hams do contribute to the state of the art. Where do you think SSTV came
from ? Just one example.

Dan/W4NTI