[HBQRP] Today's Wall Street Journal

[Dale Botkin]

Well, kind of.  I do take issue with the persistent characterization of
ham radio as not having changed much since WWII -- we now make extensive
use of VHF, UHF, satellite and digital modes in addition to HF CW.  It
also seemed to give the impression that there is no coordination or
organization to the ham efforts; I saw no mention of ARES, SATERN, etc. 
All we get is the usual tripe -- "a young man fiddling with a clunky,
outdated-looking radio".  I guess having more than one knob qualifies it
as "outdated-looking".

The article seemed to me to be a sort of backhanded compliment, but I
guess it's better than being completely ignored as usual.

Dale

> A super recognition!!!
> -oow
>
>
>> Interesting article in Tuesday's editions of the Wall Street Journal
>> (page
>> A19?).
>>
>> If the link doesn't work, the story was on the FREE section at WSJ.com
>> as
> of
>> 9:00 am 9/6/05, scroll down a bit.  The headline is "As Telecom Reels
>> From
>> Storm Damage, Ham Radios Hum"
>>
>> http://online.wsj.com/public/article_print/0,,SB112597561578132422,00.html
>>
>> 73... Darrel... K0AWB
>>
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