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[quote][i]Originally posted by vk3pa[/i]
[br]I have tried many times to get people from my local club (40 members) over
to my station.  Our local club like most in the USA and has turned into a 
2
meter repeater support club and most of the discussions are about how to
improve the club repeaters and how best to spend the club funds on them.

Clubs are not what they were 20 years ago unfortunately.

Mike KM1H

-----Original Message-----

The discussion here is alarming but absolutely true.  I wonder if most of 
us
are at fault by not allowing those "newbies" or future "newbies" to come 
to
our stations/shacks/shops and see, touch (no HV), smell, and experience HF
ham radio.  To see what it is to build our own equipment and operate on 
HF.
To hear the guy from Portland or Madagascar coming out of the speaker.  To
see the electronic shop and projects on the bench.  I know that caught my
attention many decades ago.

Lee - K0WA

In our day and age it seems that Common Sense is in short supply.  If you
don't have any Common Sense - get some Common Sense and use it.  If you
can't find any Common Sense, ask for help from somebody who has some 
Common
Sense.  Is Common Sense divine?

Common Sense is the image of the Creator expressing revealed truth in my
mind. -  J. Wolf

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vk3pa

Posted - 03 Feb 2010 : 12:53:24 PM

I have tried many times to get people from my local club (40 members) over
to my station. Our local club like most in the USA and has turned into a
2
meter repeater support club and most of the discussions are about how to
improve the club repeaters and how best to spend the club funds on them.

Clubs are not what they were 20 years ago unfortunately.

Mike KM1H

-----Original Message-----

The discussion here is alarming but absolutely true. I wonder if most of
us
are at fault by not allowing those "newbies" or future "newbies" to come
to
our stations/shacks/shops and see, touch (no HV), smell, and experience HF
ham radio. To see what it is to build our own equipment and operate on
HF.
To hear the guy from Portland or Madagascar coming out of the speaker. To
see the electronic shop and projects on the bench. I know that caught my
attention many decades ago.

Lee - K0WA

In our day and age it seems that Common Sense is in short supply. If you
don't have any Common Sense - get some Common Sense and use it. If you
can't find any Common Sense, ask for help from somebody who has some
Common
Sense. Is Common Sense divine?

Common Sense is the image of the Creator expressing revealed truth in my
mind. - J. Wolf

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