[Elecraft] Radio

[Stephen Bloom]

My response to the earlier posting was going to be ...this hobby has a ton
of different facets ...ragchewing is fine ...I'm just not that chatty in
real life to begin with ...let alone on the air ...Took to CW real quickly
because of that I guess ..

For some of us ...our interest is in what a lot of the world knows as
"radiosport" ...contesting ..dxing ...and the like ...and the contacts we
have are the way we keep score ...for others it is as AB7E says ..about
playing with different communications techniques and the interplay between
equipment, propagation, and antennas ...and lately ...as much as some folks
don't think it is really Ham Radio ..it is about the linking of Computer and
RF technology in novel ways.  Ragchewing is great for those who enjoy it
..so is a JT65 HF or EME Contact consisting of short bursts of station data.
None is better than the other.

73
Steve KL7SB

-----Original Message-----
From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of David
Gilbert
Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2014 10:37 PM
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Radio


I don't need a radio to talk to friends, and in fact I could argue pretty
persuasively that I have more varied and interesting friends 
outside of ham radio than within it.   Ham radio does, however, give me 
the opportunity to learn more about electronics ... and antennas ... and
propagation ... and communication techniques.  The fact that I am able to do
that with like minded friends is a plus, of course, especially since none of
them are presumptuous enough to tell me what I should derive from it.

Dave   AB7E



On 4/24/2014 10:04 PM, William Levy wrote:
> Gents,
>
> Find some friends. Talk to them.
> The radio is secondary.
> Throw up some antennas. Test them.
> See what they can do. Talk to your friends.
>
> Buy the best radio you think you can afford and enjoy it.
>
> Take care of your wife and kids.
>
> Stop going so beserk about the radios.
> They are nothing more than a hammer.
> There are good ones and bad ones.
> They all get the job done.
>
> I really like what I like.
> You like what you like.
>
> Get over it and talk to your friends.
> 5X9 and signal reports are no different than slam bam thank you maam.
>
> So say I
>
> Bill N2WL
> Married for 40 years.
> Hamming for > 50.

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