As someone who was around for the general introduction of SSB in ham
radio (can I really be THAT old?) this is nothing but more of the same.
I also remember when #1 on the DXCC Honor Roll had a single 3-element
20-meter yagi at about 30 feet, on the side of his house. Should we
dismiss everyone who came after because they had taller towers, more
elements, or (horrors!) used cluster spots?
73, Pete N4ZR
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web server at <http://beta.reversebeacon.net>.
For spots, please use your favorite
"retail" DX cluster.
On 8/22/2021 10:06 PM, rjairam@gmail.com wrote:
And I said exactly that.
I want unassisted to remain, but I think that if a voice skimmer comes
along it shouldn't be reflexively banned. It should be accommodated in
a category that allows for that kind of assistance or another new
category.
But wanting the entire state of amateur radio and contesting
technology to be permanently frozen in time goes against what amateur
radio is about.
Ria
N2RJ
On Sun, Aug 22, 2021 at 8:20 PM Paul O'Kane <pokane@ei5di.com> wrote:
On 22/08/2021 22:49, rjairam@gmail.com wrote:
<snip>
Hams being so anti technology is mind blowing. I have never seen such
a paradox except in ham radio.
(yes, it also talks about skill but that doesn't mean we have to shun
technology).
Not all technology is, by definition, appropriate. When new
technologies change the fundamental nature of an activity, the very
thing that gives that activity its name, then the name needs to change
accordingly.
After all, add an engine (200-year-old technology) and sailboat racing
becomes powerboat racing.
The issue facing ham radio is that some technologies have the potential
to eliminate operating skills entirely. To object is not to be
anti-technology - it is to be anti-inappropriate-technology.
There has to be limits - I suggest a digital non-proliferation treaty
might be in order.
73,
Paul EI5DI
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