Subj : Re: Computers
To   : tenser
From : Bob Worm
Date : Sun Aug 04 2024 22:16:25

  Re: Re: Computers
  By: tenser to Bob Worm on Mon Aug 05 2024 00:28:15

 > Heh, that's true.  "And now, I'd like to discuss amateur
 > radio...."

Heha - this one hits home. I got my Amateur Radio license during lockdown and upgraded it to the middle tier, but for every lovely helpful person I ran into on that journey there was another, obnoxious one who looked down on anyone who had the audacity to be trying to learn the hobby rather than a multi-decade veteran with thousands invested in kit.

So, Yeah, I didn't even bother claiming my intermediate callsign and the handheld radio has been unused in my glovebox for about 3 years. Meanwhile the question keeps coming up of why amateur radio is dying out...

Don't get me wrong, I'm not one to get upset if some stranger is rude or mean to me. I just don't find it fun so why would I bother turning my radio back on?

BobW
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