On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 11:51 AM, Duane - N9DG <n9dg@yahoo.com> wrote:
> The "old school" ops usually came up through the Novice ranks and then
> settled into VHF weak signal because it was challenging, the "challenging"
> aspects of it being the "fun", "easy" was(is) not fun for them. Building
> their Novice stations were fun challenges. Today all too often the task of
> putting a first station together is viewed as "burden" by so many of the new
> ops. This is really unfortunate.
Mike adds,
IMHO ...
Back in the late 70's a large number of new hams, at least those in
the Houston area were, 11 meter SSB enthusiasts that got sick and
tired of putting up with the linear lipped 10-4 good buddies and went
and tested for their ticket and moved away from 11 meters altogether.
Both 50 & 144 MHz SSB produced the results necessary to keep their
interests alive.
--
Mike Urich, KA5CVH
http://ka5cvh.com
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