[Scan-DC] Discussion:How Technology has caused the hobby to change

[Jack]

Ken,

I agree that systems have become more complicated, and accordingly,  
so have our scanners. This reinforces the need for active hobbyist  
clubs, much like we used to have back in the days of the Frequency  
Forum BBS. Check out the MONIX organization near Cincinnati for an  
example of how to do it right.  (http://www.siscom.net/~mmeece/ 
monix.html)

Some folks readily adapt to today's more complicated radios. Others  
do not, and lose interest in the hobby. A club that meets regularly  
provides an opportunity for members to share the configuration files  
they use in their radios (just about all of the more complex radios  
have the ability to clone and save to a file on a PC).

Personally I have met and programmed radios for quite a few complete  
strangers after seeing their pleas for help in online discussion forums.

Jack


On May 16, 2007, at 10:14 PM, KD4IIW at comcast.net wrote:

> I would like to start a discussion about this thought I had the  
> other day.   How has
> technology changed your scanner hobby.   I my own situation.  I no  
> longer own
> any scanners.  (I know, I know, how can that be?)   I think  
> technology has driven
> most casual scanner listeners out of the hobby from the change from  
> vhf/uhf systems, to
> 800mhz trunking, digital trunking, and now narrow band, etc.  All  
> of this technology and
> the learning curves to learn about the new systems has both priced  
> listeners out of the
> hobby or turned them off from it all together.   What do you think??
>
>
> Ken Fowler KD4IIW
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