[ARC5] One Way to Keep Our Hobby Alive

[David Stinson]

We Mil-Radio folks need to get serious about joining forces
with the Mil-Vehicle people.  Ham Radio is going to fade 
to a shadow in the next twenty years, but people working
on tanks, jeeps and airplanes have "staying power."
We need to hitch our team to their wagon;
join their clubs, make displays for their shows,
and contribute to their causes. 
The old attitude among the Mil-vehicle guys 
of "we don't want to get involved with that old radio junk" 
is passing fast, because real working radio gear 
is becoming a factor in prizes and awards for these people.
The "Counterfeit Air Force" is going to learn that stripping out 
the insides of a warbird and making it into nothing more 
than a jumped-up Cessna isn't winning brownie points 
with their community any more, and I say "amen" to that.
I think we need to get into a "Mil-Vehicle" 
frame of mind, if we want our hobby to retain 
value and relevance twenty years from now.
Your opinions?

73 Dave S.