[AMRadio] "Have you ever tried SDR?"

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keep up the good work John!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <oldradio at comcast.net>
To: <amradio at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 9:01 AM
Subject: Re: [AMRadio] "Have you ever tried SDR?"


>I totally agree with Charlie!
>
> As long as all of you keep supporting me and telling ARRL you like my 
> column, I'll keep trying to interest the newer hams in Vintage Radio.
>
> And thank you all for your support since January 2000, my first column.
>
> 73, John Dilks, K2TQN
>
>
> -.-
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "CL in NC" <mjcal77 at yahoo.com>
> To: amradio at mailman.qth.net
> Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 9:39:23 AM
> Subject: Re: [AMRadio] "Have you ever tried SDR?"
>
> This question was asked in a comment. I have, and found it to be rather 
> boring. Sure, there is a lot of things you can do on RCV with all the 
> displays and bandscopes, I'm impressed that it can, with the right 
> software, decode every CW and data transmission from 14.0 to 14.1 and 
> display them all at once on the screen. But, as a person who still likes 
> to do 'radio', if I just discovered Amateur Radio and this was my only 
> option, I would not be interested. I'm thankful SDR's and computer based 
> comm has not covered us like a virus so far, even though the ARRL seems to 
> hope it will. Hopefully when this new generation of hams gets bored with 
> hamming as just another 'app' to load into their computer, they might 
> rediscover the history and pick up where the passing breed left off, 
> keeping legacy gear running, enjoying radio communications the way it was 
> created.
>
> Charlie, W4MEC in NC
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