[Elecraft] Vacation

[Julia Tuttle]

Nah, it's more that renting a car doesn't count for 'car enthusiast street
cred'. You can have fun renting a sports car or renting a nice ham station
in a good QTH, but neither is the same 'achievement' as owning your own.

For me, it doesn't feel as rewarding to use internet linking or remote
rigs; what makes ham radio cooler than the Internet is how little
infrastructure we need. Talking directly to someone hundreds or thousands
of miles away using a couple pieces of electronics and some wires is
*magic* to me.

But I don't think renting is 'worthless'; for some folks, that magic comes
from talking to people halfway around the world, and a little extra
infrastructure in between doesn't ruin it. Plus, you're still honing some
of the same skills you'd use for local operation.

I do think renting passes up a chance for even casual emergency
preparedness; having and knowing how to deploy and use your own station is
potentially useful in emergencies. I can, however, imagine that remote
stations outside a disaster area could be helpful in routing traffic to and
from the disaster area.

Like a lot of aspects of this hobby, it boils down to: do what you find
personally fun and rewarding, share it to inspire others, and don't tear
down what other folks enjoy.

73,

Julie

On Tue, Jun 29, 2021, 17:07 John Jolly <wa7nwl at gmail.com> wrote:

> Been reading the 'rent vs own either does or does not = reality' posts and
> am in a bit of a quandry.
>
> So when I rent a car to go on vacation, then it's not a vacation?
>
> 73,
>
> John, N7NWL
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