[SixClub] Real value

[Howard Bingham]

At 11:03 AM 6/7/2006, John Carson wrote:
>Hi Roger,
>
>   Interesting thoughts!  Yes, every new or espiring ham should by 
> all means be exposed to the wonders of the Ham Fest, early and 
> often. Many good deals on nice equipment (and alot of junk too), so 
> perhaps having an elmer to guide you through the maze of equipment 
> is a must. If you know of someone even remotely interested in our 
> hobby, you owe it to them to invite them to a Ham Fest...Buy them 
> lunch and drag them to the Fest and I'll bet they will be hooked.
>
>   Another thing, I am surprised at how few Hams promote 6 Meters. 
> Six is a wonderful tool to interest the casual onlooker or the new 
> Ham.  I must admit that 6 Meter and EME were the triggers that 
> hooked me...I am in the broadcast business and all the station 
> engineers seemed to be Hams (wonder why!!!) and they loved it ...so 
> I was sucked in and have never regretted it. I think my first 
> contacts on 6 meters cemented me for good. If a new Ham can get 
> his/her feet wet on vhf/uhf and 6, then the step to hf is not so 
> great...20 meters is very fun as well...
>   I was greatly distress early on by a Ham who told me," 6 Meters 
> is not real ham radio, you must be a General to be a REAL ham 
> and  only HF is REAL radio". As soon as he uttered those words 
> another Ham vigoriously defended 6 Meters and he was an old school 
> Advanced Class. But the other Ham would not even reconsider his 
> comments...Too Bad....and I fear that many Hams unfortunately 
> consider those who work Six less then  "real"...Hams.  Boy, that 
> still pisses me off to this day. every aspect of Ham radio is good, 
> worthy and valuable. I may love working Six, yet I can enjoy those 
> who like to work 160 M and I can gain from their knowledge,  and 
> yes, even from my friend who lives for the RTTY experience.
>   . So in the end it is all good.
>   If I can enjoy my hobby and help others in the process then I am 
> more than pleased no matter if I perfer hf  (for REAL Hams) or 
> vhf/uhf or god forbid that awful playground of the lesser, six meters.
>
>   LONG LIVE SIX, TRULY THE MAJIC BAND!
>
>   73de kd5srw
>"Roger (K8RI) on Six" <50MHz at rogerhalstead.com> wrote:
>
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Lets not forget FIELD DAY on Sat. June 24 & Sun. June 25..

Two Houston area clubs that may operate on 6 meters SSB are BVARC, 
Club call: KK5W, operating from the Richmond, Tx. fire training 
grounds (Far SW Houston in Fort Bend County) and ECHO, club call: 
W5ECO which will be operating from the Houston Red Cross Emergency 
Commuications Center located on US-59 at Kirby Drive in Central Houston..

Additional field day information for the above clubs may be found at: 
<http://www.bvarc.com> and <http://www.w5eco.org>

Howard Bingham
KE5APJ

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