[Boatanchors] The ARRL's next move

[K5MYJ]

I'm shocked when I see the prices of modern RICEBOXES!

It seems to be becoming a rich mans hobby.

For the amount of money they are asking I would rather buy a complete 
Collin's S-Line station. Right now I have a Benton Harbor S-Line minus the 
linear. I'm pretty satisfied with it.

Bob Macklin
K5MYJ
Seattle, Wa.
"Real Radios Glow In The Dark"
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "jbrannig" <jbrannig at verizon.net>
To: "David Stinson" <arc5 at ix.netcom.com>; "'Boatanchor group'" 
<boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2018 1:27 PM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] The ARRL's next move


> Giving out "trophy licenses" Isn't going to save Ham Radio.It will 
> increase the number number of licensees but not the number of "Hams"
> Changing technology is ending traditional ham radio.
> The future hobby will belong to the few who have the skill and daring to 
> screw in their own light bulbs.
> Jim
>
>
>
> Sent from my Galaxy Tab® A
> -------- Original message --------From: David Stinson <arc5 at ix.netcom.com> 
> Date: 3/1/18  3:22 PM  (GMT-05:00) To: 'Boatanchor group' 
> <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] The ARRL's next 
> move
> I don't think some folks appreciate our hobby's
> fragile position. At this point, anything elitist
> or exclusionary is self-defeating. One cannot
> overcome societal trends. Like it or not,
> Instant Gratification and entitlement attitudes
> have won the day. Insisting on a CW skill today
> is suicidal. I don't like it either, but we must
> deal with FACTS, not our wishful fantasies or
> demands. If we want our hobby to survive in
> this environment, we must open the doors wider
> and do the best we can with the material we get.
>
> There is this: No matter how distasteful we may
> find many modern operation ideas and practices,
> there is (at present) nothing stopping us from
> operating the way we think fit and associating
> with those we deem "worthy."
> We aren't the only group that is faced with
> a stark choice: Accept that 80% of the ops
> are going to be "Repeater Beepers" or worse,
> and be grateful we still have 20% "cream" that
> "floats to the top" so we can still enjoy
> our hobby. It's a big price to pay, but
> the alternative is sure and certain death for
> the hobby we have known.
>
> We aren't going to live forever, gents.
> Most of us aren't going to be here even 20
> more years. Be exclusionary, and the hobby
> will die from lack of interest and the spectrum
> will be sold-off forever.
>
> As a wise Drill Instructor once said to
> a recruit who would not accept facts:
> "Boy, Adapt or DIE!"
>
> 73 Dave S.
>
>
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