[Boatanchors] The Silence of the Bands.

[David Harmon]

Not to worry....most of them will tire of it quickly.


73

David Harmon
K6XYZ
Sperry, OK


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[mailto:boatanchors-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Daniel
Sent: Wednesday, September 6, 2017 11:00 AM
To: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] The Silence of the Bands.

I will hafta agree with Bob. Things have just changed as technology and
lifestyles have changed, and us oldpharts die off.

There seem to be a bunch of young people interested in the "maker" thing
(movement?..I hate that word applied here).

Around the Lincoln, Nebraska, area quite a few younguns are getting their
ham license and are content with their shack-on-a-belt and

the local 2 meter repeaters and 2 meter digital stuff.

73 y'all

de Dan -- WA0JRD . .


> combination of things:  lousy condx a lot of the time, plus QRN and 
> summer time and folks have other things to do besides sit in a 
> basement, and many HF ops are SK or are running on empty by 9 p.m.
> unless they have a two hour nap in the afternoon.  Not sure how many 
> can do that.
>
> Let's face it:  the ham radio we all know and love, HF and 160 m.
> phone and CW is not like it was 40 years ago because the ranks have 
> not filled in with younger people.  The population of hams like us is 
> dwindling and those of us left aren't QRV all the time so the activity 
> is down.
>
> 73
>
> Rob
> K5UJ
>
>


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