Tim wrote:
So you old fossils keep your exclusive
little club and watch as it dies out with rotary telephones and vacuum
tubes.

Out of curiosity, how old (years) is a fossil to you? Really.



Every ham I have met in person has been secretive

Strange, all the ones I have meet have been very nice.




Come to think of it, I can talk to people all over the world via internet,
send packets and slow scan tv, so why worry about propagation and antennae?

Well if you are really just after instant gratification and no real
sense of accomplishment, go for it. Some like the challanges. I suppose
it is the cahllange aspect to a hobby that makes it fun. Like model
building perhaps. I haven't meet a ham who got into it because he wanted
fast and easy.

These other hams you met, did you make it clear what you expected out of
the hobby?

John