[Boatanchors] The ARRL's next move

Fri Mar 2 00:14:49 EST 2018

I think most of the problem is HF antennas.
As all of you already know....putting up even a very modest HF antenna these days is almost impossible unless you are a very rich 18 year old out on your own and can build a house out away from all the antennanazi's.
I think ARRL is messing up....again.

73

David Harmon
K6XYZ
Sperry, OK

-----Original Message-----
From: boatanchors-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:boatanchors-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of K5MYJ
Sent: Thursday, March 1, 2018 6:19 PM
To: Michael Clarson <wv2zow at gmail.com>
Cc: Boatanchor group <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] The ARRL's next move

But a VHF HT is not a HF SSB/CW rig.

I have owned older HF RICEBOXES bought off eBay and I was not impressed by them. For one thing when they break they are difficult to repair.

The cheap VFH HT is a throw away. When it breaks you throw it away and get a new one.

And a lot of the people that get a Tech ticket these days never go beyond the local VHF/UHF repeater.

I don't think the interest in HF activity is growing. I think it is in decline.

Bob Macklin
K5MYJ
Seattle, Wa.
"Real Radios Glow In The Dark"
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Clarson" <wv2zow at gmail.com>
To: "K5MYJ" <macklinbob at gmail.com>
Cc: "jbrannig" <jbrannig at verizon.net>; "David Stinson" <arc5 at ix.netcom.com>; "Boatanchor group" <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
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Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] The ARRL's next move

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
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>
>> 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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