[Boatanchors] The ARRL's next move

[Michael Clarson]

Yet one can get on repeaters with a $30 dual band, 5 watt handheld.
That is about $3.80 in 1965 dollars. --Mike, WV2ZOW

On Thu, Mar 1, 2018 at 6:10 PM, K5MYJ <macklinbob at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
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> 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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