[Milsurplus] W2NSD - OT

[antqradio at juno.com]

Maybe this is a case of waiting long enough and it will come true.

Perhaps not the Russians, yet.  But China and of course Japan have been
coming on strong for decades.  Look around.  Fewer techs graduating or
even interested in electronics.  Since the end of the "Cold War", better
then half of the defence industry has gone away.  All consumer stuff made
off shore, no need to repair any of it since it is cheaper to replace. 
Heck. try to find an ASIC, two or three years after a product is
discontinued.

I am afraid we, the members of this and other similar lists, are the sole
keepers of the flame.  I wonder how long it will be before just one of us
is known as the last person to understand, or even care about, hollow
state technology?  Sorry to be the wet rag here, lost my position as an
Electronics Instructor at the local community college.  Lack of a
sufficient number of students to keep the program open.

Who knew that this would be a dead end job?  I'm not yet comfortable
being unemployed.  But I imagine I will grow to accept it.

Buggy whips or wooden shoes, anyone?
Jim

I feel a bit better now, my apologies to the list.

On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 09:00:00 -0400 "Ray Fantini"
<RAFANTINI at salisbury.edu> writes:
> Wow, and I thought all that stuff was true. Think one of my favorite
> article in one of the early CQ was about how the Soviet Union was
> training mass amounts of engineers and technicians and how they will
> soon surpass the west and be the world leaders in science and
technology.
> Ray Fantini KA3EKH
> 
> Yes, good ol' Wayne/W2NSD ... He knows everything.  Just ask him if 
> he
> does!