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"Mike Coslo" wrote in message ... JEP wrote: Check the figures yourself then check how many are really active. Yes you can but NRA and AARP rags on the stand. AAA no. I quoted no data, I made an observation. Get you head out the sand and look around. See all of your old buddies just hanging around the club meeting doing nothing? Nope. Our club members are also quite active. They actively participate in the business meetings and presentations. is field day as well attended as it was in the 60's? Better. I just posted some pix on our website, from FD in 1968. My guess is we have about three times the number as we did then. Ours is infinitely better attended than it was in the 1960s. Our club did not even exist back then. Are new folks welcomed? Yup. During the day, I do no operating at all, just control op the GOTA station and talk to new people when any show up. And we have new people show up. Is help provided? Of course Absolutely. Break time usually finds the newcomers making a beeline to the oldtimers and lively discussions about items they need help with. Several of us are on an "Elmer's phone list", all of us regular talk to new people over the air and give help, and several of us regularly teach classes with many others putting in a little help at one or more sessions of a class. If so then consider yourself lucky. Yeah, lucky enough. If you want, you can bitch about the ARS. Or you could do something about it. Or are you one of those hams you bitch about in a previous message? - Mike KB3EIA - Yup, change starts with each individual. Don't complain, do something. Be an example of what you think a ham ought to be. Dee D. Flint, N8UZE |
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"Mike Coslo" wrote in message ... I wonder how many of the priveliges we enjoy - and many take for granted - in the ARS, would be around if not for the ARRL. - Mike KB3EIA - None as the ARS would have remained closed down after World War I. There was no intent on the government part to ever re-establish those privileges. While this is in the distant past, we don't have to look too far back to see loss of spectrum and proposals from the government for loss of spectrum. Dee D. Flint, N8UZE |
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"Dee D. Flint" wrote:
Be an example of what you think a ham ought to be. Dee D. Flint, N8UZE Should a ham be like N8WWM!? http://tinyurl.com/q3xp |
#124
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"JEP" wrote in message om... SNIP YES! No code is killing ham radio. See you on channel 22 good buddy. And just what "facts" do you preent to back-up your claim that: "No Code is killing ham radio?" Odds are you haven't a single rational example. Cheers, Bill K2UNK |
#125
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"JEP" wrote in message om... Check the figures yourself then check how many are really active. And just "how" do you propose anyone can "check how many are really active?" Yes you can but NRA and AARP rags on the stand. AAA no. I quoted no data, I made an observation. Your observation was absent any clarification that it was only YOUR observation, unsubstantiated by any true facts. Get you head out the sand and look around. See all of your old buddies just hanging around the club meeting doing nothing? is field day as well attended as it was in the 60's? Are new folks welcomed? Is help provided? If so then consider yourself lucky. One aspect of almost all hobbies" is the cost to play which often results in an older cross-section of participants. The same is true for antique cars, model railroading, etc. Add to that the available "free time" which most older folks, especially retirees, have. "Bill Sohl" wrote in message hlink.net... "JEP" wrote in message om... Just my point. I don't want to belong to ARRL just as I don't care to belong to AARP, NRA, AAA, Skinheads, etc. Can you "just buy" the magazines of AARP, NRA, AAA, etc. without joining? I am always amazed at people that want the "benefits" of an organization's efforts, in this case the publication, but don't want to support the organization by joining. I see the same thing at times in the antique car hobby. People that bitch about the club rules at a car show, or otherwise want technical help from club officials but won't part with the few bucks it takes to join. I just want to read their magazine when it has something that interests me. I wouldn't buy it every month as most of the time it has useless drivel about some clowntest or whether someone died or some such crap. ARRL and QST have a short time left as the active Ham population lessens. Is it lessening? News to me. If they took a real survey as to how many real active ham there are they would find the number far less than they think. I'm not talking about members, I'm talking about HAMS that really use a radio to transmit a signal. Doesnt matter what band. How many transmit a signal at least once a week? Most don't. Please provide your survey data. Look at your local HAM clubs, talk to the members(if you can wake them up). Most show up and act disgusted with the club, Ham radio, life in general. New folks are never there. Ya I know about your Skywarn in Flint, MI. Great service! Could be run on CB, NEXTEL, GMRS. Could be but isn't...there in lies the difference. Cheers, Bill K2UNK |
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"Bill Sohl" wrote in message link.net... "JEP" wrote in message om... SNIP YES! No code is killing ham radio. See you on channel 22 good buddy. And just what "facts" do you preent to back-up your claim that: "No Code is killing ham radio?" Odds are you haven't a single rational example. Cheers, Bill K2UNK May I, Bill? While I do not think No-Code Int'l. is "killing" ham radio, I do believe it is fostering a bad mindset. If there were truly no no-code AR license available, I'd agree that the Morse code exam is a barrier to those who neither possess the "Morse aptitude" (For lack of a better term.) nor wish to utilize it OTA. However, there's been a no-code ticket available for over a decade now...with some pretty generous RF real estate and power limitations I might add. IMHO, No-Code Int'l. has: 1. Encouraged the idea that it is preferable to lower the requirements through mass petition rather than encourage individuals to strive toward higher achievement. Some refer to it as "lowering the bar." 2. Made the notion of more privileges via higher achievement appear as if it's fundamentally wrong. If one wishes to upgrade, then meet the requirements necessary to achieve that upgrade. (Not just the requirements we *want* to meet.) I've read enough posts here and on the countless code vs. no-code articles on the various ham radio web forums (As well as the actual RM petitions and their respective comments.) to confidently say that neither side can claim an overwhelming numerical advantage over the other. So I think it's safe to say that not all ascribe to the "barrier" notion. What will happen? Well, the squeaky wheel gets the oil so I think we can be reasonably assured of the elimination of Element 1...at least for Technician "+" privies. Personally, I'm prouder to have achieved rather than squeaked. 73 es HNY de Bert WA2SI |
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SNIP again.
Sorry, you'll have to find someone else to talk to on your favorite frequency. I don't have any equipment that will transmit there. (But I do have 3 rigs that cover all of the amateur bands (except the 5 channels at 5 MHz) from 160m-70cm, all modes, and can be run without AC mains power - main station rig, mobile (I'm in the process of installing that rig in a new vehicle), and a QRP station I use for backpack/travel use.) How many (ham band) rigs do you have? Can you run for extended periods (weeks or more, if need be) without commercial power? How active and well-prepared are you? Oh, you're just trolling? That's become abundantly clear ... why not try another stream? I think the bites are about to dry up here. Carl - wk3c The bites don't seem to drying up at all. I found a few nibbles yet. The Extras on the no code board have to 5wpm Extras. Couldn't be real Extras that had at least one exam in front of a FCC examiner. Passed at least one test at a real FCC examination site. Actually learned radio theory. The radios I own are not your concern. I will say I own enough to operate all bands and modes. Can stay active as long as some kind of power is still available.Also have had a Ham ticket long enough to know exactly what the ARRL has really done with the incentive crap from the 60's. Remember, it was Maxim not the ARRL thst got the frequencies back after WW 1. Maxim was a mover and shaker, unlike the deadheads in there now---The Good Ole Boy Club! You guys keep nibbling because you are afraid to admit you are wrong. |
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I misplaced my can of 'Thread Be Gone', does someone know where I can get a
replacement? JEP wrote: SNIP again. Sorry, you'll have to find someone else to talk to on your favorite frequency. I don't have any equipment that will transmit there. (But I do have 3 rigs that cover all of the amateur bands (except the 5 channels at 5 MHz) from 160m-70cm, all modes, and can be run without AC mains power - main station rig, mobile (I'm in the process of installing that rig in a new vehicle), and a QRP station I use for backpack/travel use.) How many (ham band) rigs do you have? Can you run for extended periods (weeks or more, if need be) without commercial power? How active and well-prepared are you? Oh, you're just trolling? That's become abundantly clear ... why not try another stream? I think the bites are about to dry up here. Carl - wk3c The bites don't seem to drying up at all. I found a few nibbles yet. The Extras on the no code board have to 5wpm Extras. Couldn't be real Extras that had at least one exam in front of a FCC examiner. Passed at least one test at a real FCC examination site. Actually learned radio theory. The radios I own are not your concern. I will say I own enough to operate all bands and modes. Can stay active as long as some kind of power is still available.Also have had a Ham ticket long enough to know exactly what the ARRL has really done with the incentive crap from the 60's. Remember, it was Maxim not the ARRL thst got the frequencies back after WW 1. Maxim was a mover and shaker, unlike the deadheads in there now---The Good Ole Boy Club! You guys keep nibbling because you are afraid to admit you are wrong. |
#129
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"Bert Craig" wrote in message et... "Bill Sohl" wrote in message link.net... "JEP" wrote in message om... SNIP YES! No code is killing ham radio. See you on channel 22 good buddy. And just what "facts" do you preent to back-up your claim that: "No Code is killing ham radio?" Odds are you haven't a single rational example. Cheers, Bill K2UNK May I, Bill? While I do not think No-Code Int'l. is "killing" ham radio, I do believe it is fostering a bad mindset. If there were truly no no-code AR license available, I'd agree that the Morse code exam is a barrier to those who neither possess the "Morse aptitude" (For lack of a better term.) nor wish to utilize it OTA. However, there's been a no-code ticket available for over a decade now...with some pretty generous RF real estate and power limitations I might add. IMHO, No-Code Int'l. has: 1. Encouraged the idea that it is preferable to lower the requirements through mass petition rather than encourage individuals to strive toward higher achievement. Some refer to it as "lowering the bar." Call it whatever you want. I guess the states "lowered" the bar when they stoped testing new drivers on manual gearbox autos. The reality is the morse test is past its prime...and the entire body of international countries have seen fit to eliminate morse as an international treaty element. 2. Made the notion of more privileges via higher achievement appear as if it's fundamentally wrong. If one wishes to upgrade, then meet the requirements necessary to achieve that upgrade. (Not just the requirements we *want* to meet.) I see it as fundamentally wrong when the added priviliges have no rational link to the added/higher achievement attained. I've read enough posts here and on the countless code vs. no-code articles on the various ham radio web forums (As well as the actual RM petitions and their respective comments.) to confidently say that neither side can claim an overwhelming numerical advantage over the other. So I think it's safe to say that not all ascribe to the "barrier" notion. What will happen? Well, the squeaky wheel gets the oil so I think we can be reasonably assured of the elimination of Element 1...at least for Technician "+" privies. Personally, I'm prouder to have achieved rather than squeaked. Fair enough. Cheers, Bill K2UNK |
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And just what "facts" do you preent to back-up your claim
that: "No Code is killing ham radio?" Odds are you haven't a single rational example. Cheers, Bill K2UNK May I, Bill? While I do not think No-Code Int'l. is "killing" ham radio, I do believe it is fostering a bad mindset. If there were truly no no-code AR license available, I'd agree that the Morse code exam is a barrier to those who neither possess the "Morse aptitude" (For lack of a better term.) nor wish to utilize it OTA. However, there's been a no-code ticket available for over a decade now...with some pretty generous RF real estate and power limitations I might add. IMHO, No-Code Int'l. has: 1. Encouraged the idea that it is preferable to lower the requirements through mass petition rather than encourage individuals to strive toward higher achievement. Some refer to it as "lowering the bar." 2. Made the notion of more privileges via higher achievement appear as if it's fundamentally wrong. If one wishes to upgrade, then meet the requirements necessary to achieve that upgrade. (Not just the requirements we *want* to meet.) I've read enough posts here and on the countless code vs. no-code articles on the various ham radio web forums (As well as the actual RM petitions and their respective comments.) to confidently say that neither side can claim an overwhelming numerical advantage over the other. So I think it's safe to say that not all ascribe to the "barrier" notion. What will happen? Well, the squeaky wheel gets the oil so I think we can be reasonably assured of the elimination of Element 1...at least for Technician "+" privies. Personally, I'm prouder to have achieved rather than squeaked. 73 es HNY de Bert WA2SI Yep, the dumbing down of America. The masses can't pass the test so we will make the test easier. Notice how they skirt the issue of having passed any test in front of a FCC examiner. The VEC program is another farce. Why not put the little piece of paper in a corn flakes box. At least you would have breakfast. |
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