tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1775853671332053099.post2645378877918141554..comments2023-10-11T10:31:26.860-05:00Comments on Don Keith N4KC's Technology, Media and Ham Radio Blog: Still dying after all these years...Don Keith N4KChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06333040858271808397noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1775853671332053099.post-33991151768637744512010-07-30T12:00:08.891-05:002010-07-30T12:00:08.891-05:00Agreed on all counts, fellas. It ties in with the...Agreed on all counts, fellas. It ties in with the theme of this blog: technological change and how people handle it. It is human nature to dislike or fear change because it takes us out of our comfort zones. But for many--and a significant number of folks who are attracted to a technological hobby like ham radio--change is exciting.<br /><br />Sure people want to hang onto old stuff. Hey, I operate AM sometimes myself. And I'd kind of like to hear an old Model 19 teletype clunking away again, just for nostalgia's sake. That is just one of the aspects I like about our hobby. You can have a DX-100 Heathkit sitting there on the shack desk next to your Flex-5000. I like the old stuff, but I am also thrilled about the possibilities of SDRs, satellites, super-low-frequency propagation and more.<br /><br />Oh, and I got the Rwandan on CW the other night. That was a thrill, too.<br /><br />73,<br /><br />Don Keith N4KC<br />www.n4kc.com<br />www.donkeith.com<br />www.facebook.com/donkeithDon Keith N4KChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06333040858271808397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1775853671332053099.post-22684755317974974102010-07-30T00:25:57.830-05:002010-07-30T00:25:57.830-05:00Agreed, Don!
This is my Golden Anniversary in Ama...Agreed, Don!<br /><br />This is my Golden Anniversary in Amateur radio and I have never been more involved in my niche of DXing and chasing Islands On The Air than now. <br /><br />I totally subscribe to the worldview of the self-fulfilling prophesy. DX IS because we make it so. We DXers don't live in the murky past. We live on the knife edge of state-of-the-art. <br /><br />We welcome the natural marriage of radio and computer, solid state integration and miniaturization, digital modes and remote-control stations that make the specter of CC&Rs an impediment of the past.<br /><br />Ham radio dead? I don't think so.<br /><br />Wayne C. Long, K9YNF<br />Cascade, WisconsinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1775853671332053099.post-86884210394871727432010-07-29T15:48:09.336-05:002010-07-29T15:48:09.336-05:00I saw a chart in one of the last few QST issues (c...I saw a chart in one of the last few QST issues (can't remember which) showing new licenses for the past 5 years. '06 and '07 showed 4000 new licenses issued each year and 2000 per year each of the last three. And that's just FCC tickets here in the states. This hobby is growing in popularity as I see it. As the rest of the world becomes more technological/ modernized and disposable incomes increase with the rest of the world's expanding middle class I think even more opportunity for growth. More new ops around the world = more DX Hi Hirecumbent conspiracy theoristhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06534820082655384780noreply@blogger.com