On 22/08/2021 22:49, rjairam@gmail.com wrote:
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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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