Topband: Fwd: The "Future" Of Ham Radio

[KENT]

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> From: KENT <kelandis at earthlink.net>
> Subject: Re: Topband: The "Future" Of Ham Radio
> Date: February 5, 2015 12:14:39 PM EST
> To: Eddy Swynar <deswynar at xplornet.ca>
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> 
> Seems to me that this needs to be reviewed!!  Just My .02 worth
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> 73 de Kent
> N8ZRD
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> On Feb 5, 2015, at 11:57 AM, Eddy Swynar <deswynar at xplornet.ca> wrote:
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>> 
>> On 2015-02-05, at 11:14 AM, Anthony Scandurra wrote:
>> 
>>> I suppose we should go back to spark gap transmitters and coherent
>>> detectors, too...  :-)
>>> 
>>> 73, Tony K4QE
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>> Hi Tony,
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>> Oh gosh no, of course not! 
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>> But by the same token, isn't it funny how the populace has embraced walking to the corner store for a loaf of bread, instead of climbing up & into the ol' reliable Dodge Ram...? And how we are all urged now to "eat healthy"," ingesting foods with a minimum of processing...? And how we are requested to "...turn off your cell phones!" before the start of a movie at your local cinema...? 
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>> One can surely go on & on with even more such scenarios, but the point is---I think, anyway!---that TOO much of an otherwise "good thing" can, in truth, be "bad" for you...and all this techno-wizardry has probably already taken us all well past the proverbial point of no return as radio amateurs, and firmly imbedded our feet into the fast-setting cement of the "appliance operator"...
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>> ~73~ de Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ
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