[AMRadio] Last comment on the can of worms.

[Robert]

AMEN, Tom.

Robert W4RL


On 6/19/2013 3:38 PM, Tom Chesek wrote:
> I think that there is too much of "what I like is better than what you 
> like".  Why can't people talk about and enjoy their interests without 
> others telling them why they are wrong for not being interested in 
> "what I like"?
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> -----Original Message----- From: CL in NC
> Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 4:12 PM
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> Subject: [AMRadio] Last comment on the can of worms.
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> "If your hobby goal in life is to hold a soldering iron in
> your hand for hours every day, more power to you, but I prefer the ease
> of getting on the air quickly and making contacts when ever I want
> without the constant diddling with knobs and meters and smoke."
>
> I don't prefer that at all.  I love to make contacts, just using a 
> different form of signal generation and conversion, that I don't have 
> to send to a repair center to get fixed..  I was fortunate enough in 
> my career to go from the height of tube technology, through transistor 
> to LSI and on to microprocessor based comm gear.  The last TX/RX gear 
> I worked on had an on/off switch, and LED indicator lamp and a DB9 
> connector on an 'A' size rack panel. They were guaranteed for 10 (ten) 
> years, if it broke, put in the spare and send it back.  Not a lot of 
> skill needed there, just the ability to reprogram the spare.  Does a 
> man who restores a '58 Vette and drive it live in the past?  How about 
> the guy who restored and flies a P51? What about the guy that builds a 
> 1 1/2" scale EM-1, 2-8-8-4 live steam locomotive taking  12 years to 
> do it, is he living in the past?  I surely don't live to fill logbooks 
> with maximum contacts before I die, and like the
> other fellow said, there is plenty of room in this hobby for all 
> disciplines.  For some reason, the folks that like to restore, 
> maintain, and operate old gear catch a lot of  flack for there little 
> corner of the ham room.
>
> Charlie, W4MEC in NC
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