>From most of the replies, it appears that building some thing has fallen way
>down the list of fun ham things to do. I did like the idea of a window to
>watch the 3-500z glow cherry red, the only way to run them, and the "modern"
>guys who are now slaves to the "latest and questionably greatest" SS and so
>on. Here is something to think about.............. Ham radio is basically
>obsolete, with the rare exceptions of satellites and one or two cutting edge
>single man efforts. Given this, I think we should begin to think of ham radio
>the way collectors and users of Model T and other "legacy" cars or those who
>fly model airplanes. These are honorable pursuits and very fun, but do not
>depend on fooling themselves that they are "cutting edge." In fact, not being
>cutting edge is part of the fun. So, I recommend we return to our roots of
>being self builders and experimenters like the good old days. BTW, the day the
>American govt. tells me I can not build, in my own home with my own hands,
a ham radio amplifier, I am moving out. 73,
Charles Harpole
k4vud@hotmail.com
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