[Boatanchors] A Cure for "The Silence of the Bands"

[Hal Dale]

U guy's please don't let the ARRL hear of this suggestion. They might like it...

Would mean bigger numbers....Thats what they are looking for...Hal/WB4AEG




---- On Tue, 19 Sep 2017 17:13:56 -0400 B Farrell <bradk4rt at gmail.com> wrote ----




This CB merger idea is by far the craziest idea I have heard over almost 

four decades in ham radio. The morons at ARRL are sure to right jump on it. 

 

On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 6:06 AM K2bew <tombewick at gmail.com> wrote: 

 

> I guess you haven't listened to CB lately? It died after the 70's. You 

> would need to "merge" Ham radio with cell phones to gain new people, that's 

> where they all are. Are you proposing un-licensing all Ham radio? You've 

> gotta be kidding, I hope? I don't even understand what you mean when you 

> say take back CB to gain operators? 

> 73, 

> 

> On Monday, September 18, 2017, David Stinson <arc5 at ix.netcom.com> wrote: 

> 

> > There is an answer to our dwindling numbers and bringing 

> > in new, HF-centric operators. But like all "medicine," 

> > you'll hate the taste and kick against it, but eventually 

> > have to "take it" if you want a "cure." 

> > The ARRL itself has just pointed-out that the "recruit 

> > all the Boy Scouts and Firemen" didn't and won't work. 

> > 

> > There is already a no-knowledge-no-test intro to our 

> > hobby. It is already a "de facto" entry "license" with 

> > many operators- some bad, some good, but all with a 

> > proven long-term interest in the hobby and willingness 

> > to spend time and money on it. 

> > 

> > It's called "CB." Yep- 11 Meters. Like it or not, 

> > it's about the only source of operators who aren't 

> > "buy a hand held, listen to dead repeater, go play Facebook" 

> > left from which to recruit. 

> > 

> > Fellas... when your "species" is dying, one needs to be 

> > grateful for any lifeline. I'm not willing to drown in 

> > the "Sea of Obsolete Oblivions" just because I don't like 

> > the color of the rope someone threw me. We need to work 

> > with what we can get, or we can pout and kick sand and pretend 

> > to superiority and fade into the rapidly gathering darkness. 

> > 

> > The two services should be merged. A cadre of hams 

> > *with a positive attitude* who are willing to work 

> > at bringing these guys along, *without condescension* 

> > for pity's sake, and encourage them to upgrade and 

> > get more bands than the one they currently operate, 

> > will infuse us with new blood. 

> > Our options are stark. Work with what we have available 

> > to us, or die. Your choice. 

> > 

> > P.S. And we'd get 11 Meters back. Such a deal. 

> > 

> > 73 DE Dave AB5S 

> > 

> > 

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