A absolut PERFECT explanation about the present situation and the future of our
loved hobby. Unfortunately most young new Hams I have seen started using FT 8,
has already gone qrt. No challenge, no skill.
I will NOT discuss this any further. Please consider,and we will see what will
happen.
Have a nice week-end
Hans SM6CVX
> 11 jan 2020 kl. 15:32 skrev Roger Kennedy <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>:
>
>
> It's easy to appreciate why many people - who are passionate about the hobby
> - get upset about some of the things they see as being very negative to the
> hobby.
>
> Here in Britain there were LOTS of well-respected Amateurs who were actively
> involved in Jamming the VHF Repeaters when they first came on the air in the
> 1970s. I would never have done such a thing, but I appreciated why those
> people were concerned about it having a negative effect on the hobby.
> People could now not bother to put up a decent antenna for 2m, yet work
> stations 50 miles away.
>
> However, most new amateurs that did that very quickly got bored with the
> hobby, as there was no sense of achievement, no reason to self-improve . . .
> and disappeared off the air. Those that got the satisfaction of working
> stations further away through their own efforts were usually the ones that
> sustained interest in the hobby.
>
> (It's interesting that there is almost NO activity on the various Repeaters
> here in Britain these days . . . which kind of confirms my point!)
>
> I think it's the same logic that many of us apply to the computer-based
> modes/protocols . . . that there is no skill involved, and so no real sense
> of achievement, like there is when puling a really weak DX station out of
> the noise . . . with the result that those people will very soon lose
> interest in the hobby.
>
> So those of you who are so keen on them, please at least understand our
> motives . . . it's because of our passion for the hobby that we are against
> these computer-based modes . . . in the same way as I personally am against
> VHF Repeaters or accessing remote Transmitting or even Receiving sites.
>
> Roger G3YRO
>
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