Nostagia is wonderful. I am one of those that loves the old tube gear and
the old days of radio.
I think in general, the lack of interest in science and math are the major
driving factors as far as interest in the hobby. The hobby is well connected
to the world of science and if someone care less about science and how
things work, that is one less person interested in the hobby. Science. How
does something work and why. Of course there are those that still want to
get involved in the hobby and dont want to know why it works (ie appliance
operators). They just want to flip the on switch and press the PTT button
and be on the air. Thats ok with me
I do believe eBay has put a big dent in the hamfest world. In general, the
internet has enabled us to do more with less traveling and time spent. It is
a changing world folks...lets roll with it.
Stephanie R. Koles WX3K
wx3k at arrl dot net
http://www.qsl.net/wx3k
http://resumes.yahoo.com/wx3k/rfengineer
-----Original Message-----
From: towertalk-admin@contesting.com
[mailto:towertalk-admin@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Jerry Kincade
Sent: Friday, May 24, 2002 9:38 PM
To: A9xw@cs.com; W8JI@contesting.com; ve2dc@rac.ca;
stevekz9g@speakeasy.net
Cc: Towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [Towertalk] Dayton declining...
wait a minute... I DO sit around with tubes, morse code, and klunky
headphones! :-)
73, Jerry
> You can't promote or give away something that people don't want to
> do.73, Tom W8JI >>
>
> That's because we've done a lousy marketing job exposing people to the fun
> part of our hobby and everyone still thinks we sit around with tubes,
morese
> keys and klunky carbon headphones.
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