[TenTec] TenTec Digest, Vol 50, Issue 27

[Gary Hoffman]

Doing things the old way is fine.  I'm not attacking that.  Please continue.

However, as we all know, the hobby is rapidly declining in terms of numbers
of active Hams, and the age is rapidly increasing.  Unless we offer some
modern facets of the hobby to interest today's youth, soon there will be no
hobby at all.  Our precious frequencies will be reassigned to uses with
modern relevance.

So lets make sure we encourage computers, digital modes, and so forth, to
interest young people.

Once they are in the hobby and active, they can always be encouraged to then
learn the code, and to enjoy operating legacy radios and the like.  I am
sure many of them will do so.

Regards,

Gary, AA2IZ


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Redmon" <k5sm at attwb.net>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 2:16 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] TenTec Digest, Vol 50, Issue 27


>
>
> John,  I agree completely.  Many of our mutual friends never touch a key
or
> paddles during a cw contest.  They can't understand why we do.  I suspect
we
> are just out of step, but I am happy and quite content doing things the
old
> way.
>
> Bob K5SM
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Message: 15
> Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 07:21:13 -0800 (PST)
> From: John Geiger <johngeig at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Some thoughts / replies
> To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec at contesting.com>
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> --- Rich Holoch <rholoch at comcast.net> wrote:
> > 2) "Experience". For some weird reason, I like
> > feeling in control of
> > my ham radio station. It might be because I write
> > code all day and
> > have automated business processes all day, I really
> > like twisting
> > knobs vs. a fully automated station.
>
> Now I can relate to this.  I don't even like computer
> control of my radio during contesting.  Now I am not a
> serious contester (don't have the time or money-I have
> a 4 year old daughter, enough said), but controlling
> the radio with the computer just doesn't seem right.
> That somehow just doesn't seem like radio.  I guess
> you can use the contest logging software to do
> everything and never touch the radio except to adjust
> the volume, and maybe you can do that with the
> software.  For me, I want to touch, adjust, and tune
> the rig.  For me, that is radio!
>
> 73s John W5TD
>
>
>
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