Subj : Re: No license operators
To   : tenser
From : apam
Date : Fri Mar 22 2024 07:04 pm

 > So, if people behave like that, why would a young person be
 > motivated to study for and then _pay money_ to get licensed?
 > Just to be verbally abused by some jerk on the air?  No, thank
 > you.

I don't know much about amature radio, but I was interested in it when I
had just finished high school. I got in contact with the local club and
went on an outing with them - we went to the local police station and
they showed off their radios, it was actually quiet fun.

Another one loaned me a receiver so I could listen, it was unable to
broadcast but I had fun with that and ended up returning it. I'm not
really the kind of person to talk on the air, but would love to listen in
again..

Anyway, I guess I was really lucky with my local club, maybe because it's
a country(ish) town. I might have got a license, but I was terrible at
morse code and at that time it was a requirement.

I wonder if those guys are still alive.. probably not - they were quiet
elderly and that was 25-ish years ago.

I'm sure things are different now, and I guess it's a lot like BBSing...
surely there are nice people around but it's easy for them to get lost in
the noise.

Andrew


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