[Boatanchors] Upgrade question

[J Forster]

Loading some canned SW, working through a menu,  and plugging in few cables simply does not rise to the challenge of building even the simplest receiver or transmitter. This is hardly a move forward, IMO.

The hobby has changed from actually building things to operating. If I want to chat with someone, I pick up the phone or send an email. That's operating too and essentially indistinguishable from modern hamming.

FWIW,
-John

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Jim Wiley wrote:

> Kudos to Ernie and Bill -
>
> Ernie, K0OCC and Bill, WD5DZG are a couple of guys that "get it".  It's
> a pity that too many others would rather rather rant and moan about
> "what used to be"  instead of embracing the new generation of hams and
> offering to share with them what we know, and in turn learning from the
> newcomers (Gasp! - he really said that?).   Our hobby moves forward
> guys,  not backward.  [snip]