[ARC5] Big/Heavy is Over

[DSP3]

Concur with the last few posts, at least from the hamfest standpoint.  I 
have found that the new breed, no relation often to age, are simply 
technically unable or unwilling to handle the job.  That's not a 
criticism, just self stated fact.  I can't tell you the number of folks 
who have approached me, and others, to get their gear going.  I have 
down sized a bit and no longer look to accumulate gear.  Well.... maybe 
a little bit?  You can't take it with you... I'm told. The only thing I 
still look for is another T-3, as I really miss the one I let go.  
But.... but, I'm sure I will endure.

Jeep K3HVG


On 9/17/2018 9:08 AM, mkdorney--- via ARC5 wrote:
> "Big and Heavy" is making a comeback in the military vehicle 
> community.  Forget hamfests and trying to appeal to the Ham Radio 
> Community.  They are only interested in the latest "wiz-bang" stuff.  
> They see the vintage mil-radio part of the Ham Radio hobby as a 
> curiosity that is simply to be dismissed.  Go to the vintage Military 
> Vehicle rallies and you will see the interest and enthusiasm you are 
> looking for.  You will also see a market for your radios should you 
> decide to sell them.  I won't even do the annual field day with the 
> local ham radio clubs anymore.  It's a waste of time. Better the 
> mil-radio folks get together on their own on field days.
>
> Mark D.
>
> In a message dated 9/17/2018 8:44:46 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
> arc5 at ix.netcom.com writes:
>
>     (Warm-up your "I'm Offended!"; you're about to need it.)
>
>     One of the reasons I stopped doing displays of mil-radio equipment
>     at major hamfests is lack of any meaningful interest.  It's a lot
>     of work getting a display together to go the whole 'fest with two
>     or three questions, if you're lucky, and no one spending more then
>     30 seconds looking.  That, more than anything else, tells me "the
>     bells are tolling."  I now work on my "goodies" for my own
>     enjoyment and accept that "all good things..." I also shelved a
>     book which would have been titled: "The Voice of Eagles." 
>     Creating a book is a massive effort and hardly worth it when maybe
>     10 people are going to read it.
>
>     I feel confident that estimate is correct, because over the years,
>     in several things I have written (and been told were useful; thank
>     you kindly to those who said so), I've included an occasional
>     "easter egg:" an obvious error included just to see if anyone is
>     actually paying attention.  One of them is so in-your-face, I
>     included it just to make the point.  Twenty years ago, a dozen
>     people would have noted the error.  To this day, not ONE of these
>     "easter eggs" has been commented upon; not even once.  That tells
>     me all I need to know about the actual level of interest in the
>     general community.
>
>     Lots of people talk about what they're going to do "when they get
>     around to it."  Few ever do anything significant at all.  And if
>     those of us who claim a passion for these historic items won't
>     take the time to heat a soldering iron, isn't it arrogant to
>     assume we can convince a young person to do so?
>
>     Think I will still write about the work- writers are a bit egoist
>     and compulsive about their vice ;-).
>     But our community is deep in its twilight. "Gather ye rose buds
>     while ye may."
>

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