Re: [IRCA] article

[Russ Edmunds <wb2bjh@xxxxxxx>]

This situation exists everywhere within terrestrial broadcast radio, hobby and commercial alike. Radio is old technology and the younger generation has largely passed it by in favor of more modern and I daresay efficient technologies. Radio will continue to exist for a time but some of the younger folks among us may see a day when radio is history.



Russ Edmunds

WB2BJH

Blue Bell, PA

Grid FN20id

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A while ago, a group of us made the same observation about 2 meter
repeaters. The gee whiz technology of the 1960's and those who know how to
service these machines are now in their 80's and unable to climb towers any
more. Shortwave radio is practically dead, NDBs are dying.

I hope I am wrong but I don't like what I am seeing either. Thanks for
sharing.

On Sun, Jan 6, 2019, 8:00 PM Rick Dau <drummer1965us@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Nick, a fascinating read, and Chris goes into further detail to answer the
> questions that I had asked of him when a group of about a dozen of us DXers
> toured Entercomm Milwaukee  (WSSP-1250, and others) in August 2017.  I had
> asked him if universities and broadcasting schools (Brown, and others) were
> doing anything to educate young people about the technical side of radio
> and about the duties of maintaining multi-tower sites.  "Virtually
> nothing", he replied.  "I'm 48, and I'm one of the youngest people I know
> of still doing this.  There's nobody coming up behind us to take over."
>
> That portends an eerie future for radio, and for those of us who are
> hobbyists in it.  Before that visit, I had been a stauch defender of AM's
> future, but now, I'm more like, "Well, I'm just going to milk this cow for
> however long there's milk left in her."
>
> 73,
> Rick Dau
> South Omaha, Nebraska
>
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> This link was posted on the ultralight group, and may be of interest:
>
> https://radioinsight.com/blogs/107223/the-looming-engineering-age-crisis/
[https://i0.wp.com/radioinsight.com/wp-content/images/2016/07/curtis-racks.jpg?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1]<https://radioinsight.com/blogs/107223/the-looming-engineering-age-crisis/>

The Looming Engineering Age Crisis - RadioInsight<https://radioinsight.com/blogs/107223/the-looming-engineering-age-crisis/>
radioinsight.com
Chris Tarr CSRE, DRB, CBNE is the Director of Technical Operations for Entercom's Wisconsin stations. He is one of the industry's biggest evangelists, and dedicates himself to helping create great radio.


>
> best wishes,
>
> Nick
>
> Nick Hall-Patch
> Victoria, BC
> Canada
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