[MRCA] Happy Holidays

[Peter Gottlieb]

Well said, Ray.

Here's to a new year of radio and friends!

Peter
kb2vtl


On 12/24/2017 3:11 PM, Ray Fantini wrote:
>
> It’s the day before Christmas and with all the stuff going on around the house 
> thought I would have an opportunity to sit down and maybe just write up 
> something about the hobby and something about running vintage equipment.
>
> Perhaps there are all different aspects to the Ham radio hobby, some peruse 
> certificates and DX, others find some fascination in digital modes, some do 
> the whole public service thing and some appear to be obsessed with the newest 
> and best technology.
>
> If you read QST you get the felling that you’re not a complete Ham unless 
> you’re buying the latest box or operating some new digital protocol but at 
> work I have to deal with constant upgrades of software, operating systems and 
> hardware and have no desire to be pushing the curve at home.
>
> Maybe it’s because in the educational and commercial world so much emphases is 
> placed on the newest equipment and the mindset that newer is always better 
> that I find in my personal life I would prefer to work where craftsmanship and 
> individual choice are King. That along with the fact that at work your working 
> for a common goal and in my shop at home I don’t have to compromise or be part 
> of the team.
>
> So perhaps that’s the fascination with the military equipment because in many 
> ways it represents some of the best that was produced in its time and working 
> with it allows you to somehow get into the minds of the designers and people 
> who built and used it. That’s some what the same thing of the vintage computer 
> collection and other things going on around here. The FR-38 project has no 
> practical application other then just doing it to experience vacuum tube 
> digital electronics.
>
> Another factor that I have not at first foreseen but have to admit is of 
> considerable importance today is the camaraderie and sense of family that has 
> developed with the like minded on line community and all the individuals who 
> show up at Gilbert, Dayton and all the other events every year. Having friends 
> to go out and play radio with is a true blessing. The support in terms of 
> information, parts and in some cases equipment continues to make what at times 
> seam impossible possible. Thank you all.
>
> I do occasionally do regular “Hamming” but have to admit that I have little to 
> say or little respect for the average Ham who buys a box and dose not 
> understand it.
>
> So Happy Holidays to you all and look forward to another year of perhaps 
> pointless projects with the help of this online community.
>
> Ray Fantini / KA3EKH
>
> Salisbury Maryland
>
>
>
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