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Re: [IRCA] E-Mail Lists & The Future of the Hobby
- Subject: Re: [IRCA] E-Mail Lists & The Future of the Hobby
- From: "Bill Block" <billwblock@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 17:30:47 +0000
Hi Chris
Welcome to the IRCA list and its great to have you on our list!
Bill Block
Prescott Valley, AZ
>From: "Chris Black" <n1cp@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of
>America<irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of
>America"<irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Re: [IRCA] E-Mail Lists & The Future of the Hobby
>Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 13:22:46 -0400
>
>Amen to that!
>
>This might be a good time to introduce myself to the list, having just
>escaped from Stalag NRC. I will also be joining IRCA shortly. I first
>started MW DXing in the early 80's in Seattle when I was a financial
>officer with a broadcasting company called Olympic Broadcasting. I met a
>lot of the Northwest MW heavy hitters and did what I could with my NRD-515
>to keep up.
>
>Unfortunately, life has a way of interfering with our hobbies, and work and
>several re-locations took its toll on my listening. I did get licensed in
>1989 while in Portland Oregon and was fairly active in Ham radio until
>retiring here to the Cape a few years ago. I, like Tom, got totally burned
>out on all the idiots in Ham radio tuning up on top of you and acting as
>self-appointed DX police with their, "He's working split, stupid, UP, UP"
>on top of some rare DXpedition. I still do some Public Service and work
>with a local group that supports the Red Cross here, but don't chase
>countries anymore.
>
>I started SW and MW listening about three years ago and quickly found out
>that there is a LOT to learn. I have been fortunate to learn from some of
>the best here in the Northeast, and am beginning to get the hang of it. I
>look forward to doing my part and meeting new DXers and hope to also run
>into other survivors from the Titanic (hi)
>
>Thanks for having me and 73
>
>Chris Black N1CP
>Cape Cod
>IC-756ProII (MW attenuation removed), Yaesu 1000MP and NRD-515/Sherwood
>SE-3 (still working fine)
>Flag antennas 55 degrees for TA, nulled towards New York and 160 degrees
>for Pan American, nulled towards Boston and NH.
>assorted verticals and long-wires.
>Connelly DXP-3 phaser and Qauntum phaser
>
>----- Original Message -----
> From: Thomas Giella KN4LF
> To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
> Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2005 11:28 AM
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] E-Mail Lists & The Future of the Hobby
>
>
> We Americans tend to be pretty lousy at stewardship or the protection of
>something good for the benefit of future generations. We think inward in a
>me, me, me manner, trying to protect the past and the present, so have no
>problem passing on huge budget deficits, killing the radio hobby, etc. for
>future generations.
>
> This short sighted self destructive attitude is currently killing
>amateur radio and I have walked away from the hobby permanently because of
>it. Amateur radio has degenerated into special interest groups battling
>each other sometimes physically, over radio frequency and mode turf.
>
> In a sense the same thing is also happening in the listening end of DX
>hobby.
>
> 73 & GUD DX,
> Thomas F. Giella, KN4LF
> Retired Meteorologist & Space Plasma Physicist
> Lakeland, FL, USA
> Grid Square EL97AW
> 27 57 26.5 N 81 56 46.6 W
> kn4lf@xxxxxxxx
>
> Eton E10
> Grundig S350
> Sangean ATS-909
> Sangean ATS-818
> Yaesu FT-1000MP Mark V
> 2 Foot Box Loop
> 5 Foot Coaxial Loop
>
> Proof Of God In Science:
>http://www.cosmicfingerprints.com/audio/newevidence.htm
> KN4LF Amateur & SWL Radio History: http://www.kn4lf.com/index.htm
> KN4LF MF Radio Propagation Theory Notes: http://www.kn4lf.com/kn4lf8.htm
> Florida Daily Weather Discussion Blog: http://www.kn4lf.com/flwx1.htm
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mike Pietruk
> To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
> Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2005 5:36 AM
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] E-Mail Lists & The Future of the Hobby
>
>
> Les
> Your msg makes so much sense, given the changing nature of things,
>but,
> given responses posted, I can see why it will never happen.
> First of all, the evolution of the Internet makes these clubs sort of
> dinosaurs as, for other than their social value, the information
>abounds
> making formalized ublications less important.
> Secondly, I now seldom listen regularly to distant stations over the
>air
> as catching them on the net makes them sound like locals -- and
>sometimes
> of superior audio quality to boot.
> There will probably not be another generation of dxers as we know it;
>so
> as long as these clubs serve the social, political, or ego driven
>needs of
> those in it, they will stay more or less in their current form.
>
> And there is nothing wrong with this as the clubs serve those that
>belong.
> However, once those who belong are no longer alive, it is likely that
>the
> clubs will fade away as they will have served their need much like the
> 8-track player did.
>
> Keep in mind that when these clubs were formed, printed newsletters
>were
> the best way to pass alongl info.
> Today, there are faster and more efficient ways including this list
>where
> something can be passed along within minutes rather than 3 weeks down
>the
> road.
>
> Thus, if either the NRC or IRCA hopes to be around in 2050, they will
>have
> to think more and more out of the box and evolve into whatever serves
> folks down the road not just in the here and now.
>
>
>
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