[Boatanchors] The ARRL's next move

Thu Mar 1 18:27:46 EST 2018

 And talk to who?   We have a club repeater and it's never in use.   It's
few and far between that I hear of a repeater that's used today.

In days gone by,  hams used repeaters to talk about things they've
accomplished in other facets of ham radio.   Today,  your newbie gets a
brand new bofang (or whatever) handheld, gets on the repeater and finds
either nobody to talk to,  or  the conversations ends after he gives his
name because he's got nothing else to say.

It's a cruelty to tell a new ham to get an HT for repeater usage.   Tell
them to get on HF -- pick your mode.

73 Mark K3MSB

On Thu, Mar 1, 2018 at 6:14 PM, Michael Clarson <wv2zow at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
> >
> > 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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