well, as was said already in this thread, amateur radio as a hobby is top
heavy with aging hams.  Most people over 60 are conservative in their
thinking already.
And if not conservative, then they don't necesarily have the where withall
to learn new technologies and embrace them and utilize them in the hobby.
Therefore, i think elmering is going the way of the perverbial dodo. If we
could bring some good elmering back by those who are experienced, i think
the younger generation would be able to use the structured support of those
elmers to bring in new things and make them usable by everyone.\
As it stands, the generation gap in ham radio is a strong reflection of
north american society in general.  The older, conservative baby boomer
generation who don't like a whole lot of change or newness, and the younger
generation who don't even think that way and who automatically embrace new
technology as par for the course instead of fighting it for being "new"
Things are changing so very rapidly in our modern society that the younger
generation doesn't even realize how different it is from day to day then it
was 30 or 40 years ago.
The norm is change, and it's excepted at face value as a part of everyday
life.
anyway i've rattled on enough.
73
Colin, V A6BKX