[Boatanchors] No code

[Ron]

I use code and I think it 's fun.
If you set up a digital mode , it looks like smells like and is about as 
much fun as the internet chat mode. .....so why bother when you can play 
on a list server like this one.

I find radio geeks to be a good source for networking.  Most all are 
interested in engineering , software, photography, astronomy, philosophy 
and all sorts of good stuff. 
So who cares if there are a few guys that are CB people who passed a 
test.....some of the CBers are more interesting than those cliques on 80 
meters at night.

If they want to leave, more room for me !

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Ron


Flowertime01 at wmconnect.com wrote:

>Bob, & Tony,
>
>I agree we need numbers. I see Tony's point.
>My take on the problem is the cost of the hobby against the
>return on the hobby.
>
>It cost most Amateurs well over $500.00 to get started. Even a hand held to 
>get on the local repeater will cost you a couple hundred.  If your interest is 
>just
>talking to people and not having to type it in and wait for a reply, You can
>do almost as well on CB for return on satisfaction. CB works fine for chit 
>chat.
>
>Unless your self driven to contest, CW operation, other self inflected 
>challenge, Amateur Radio just does not interest most people.
>
>Cell phones are dealing us out of lots of emergency response activity.
>You can have a computer and Internet connection for less than an Amateur 
>radio station. Then you still need a computer and Internet connection to do RTTY, 
>digital modes, SSTV, and send in your contest log book.
>
>Every time someone suggest home brew and low cost AM you catch an ear full 
>about using excess band width.
>
>We have to find the real core value in Amateur Radio and then learn to market 
>it effectively. Explain to me again why I want to spend my allowance on that 
>and exactly what do I get in return? If we have to answer that question to the 
>new fellow, we are not going to get his involvement. As the venture is now, 
>Amateur radio is a costly no return interest. The folks that are in, are in for 
>some self motivated interest.
>What ever this self interest is we cannot sell it to the masses. I do not 
>have an answer to help our numbers grow. I am not happy to see code go. No code 
>will not make our numbers grow.
>
>Roger KC6TRU
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