[Elecraft] My "Attitude"

[Ron D'Eau Claire]

Dave, NM4M wrote:

QST, you will find that each generation of hams states how much easier 
the ones that came behind have it.  Its human nature.

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What a Ham needs to know to put a rig on the air today requires only a tiny
part of the technical knowledge that past generations needed to know. 

Installing and repairing equipment also has grown more complex, just as all
the various modes and procedures has made operating it more complex. Some
people do it all. Others specialize. Most Hams do a little of both.

Even commercial licenses reflect this. Today a shipboard Communications
Officer may be licensed to operate the critical communications equipment,
but he/she is not allowed to repair or tinker with it in any way. In the
past, of course, "Sparky" was expected to do it all. 

If a modern Communications Officer wants to do repairs, he/she needs two
difference licenses from the FCC. Many ships find it more practical to
simply carry spares and let defective equipment be handled by specialists in
port. 


Ron AC7AC