[HBQRP] Today's Wall Street Journal

[Darrel Swenson]

Dale and Steve...

I agree with both of you.  It's great to be recognized.  It's great they
mentioned the BPL problem.  The reported did give us the last word.  It
would make a great sound bite: "We are the unwanted stepchild. But when the
s- hits the fan, who are you going to call?"

In my opinion it really shows how much work Ham Radio needs to do in the
public awareness and public relations department.

Ham Radio hasn't changed a lot since WWII.  We use SSB instead of CW on HF.
We use FM on VHF/UHF.  A few people play with digital modes, but in reality
there is almost as much CW activity (WWII) as there is
Packet/Amtor/PSK-??/WinLink2000/whatever.  A few play with Satellites but
again not much activity.

As always... "when the s- hits the fan," the exotic modes and infrastructure
usually fall by the wayside.  The simple modes people are familiar with day
to day are the ones that WORK and get used.

The K.I.S.S. (keep it simple stupid) method at work.  Homeland Security and
FEMA should take notes.

Darrel...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: hbqrp-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:hbqrp-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of Dale Botkin
> Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 12:05 PM
> To: Steve-W0OOW
> Cc: HBQRP List
> Subject: Re: [HBQRP] Today's Wall Street Journal
>
>
> 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 outdated-looking radio".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 as "outdated-looking".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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