And that's how it is supposed to be John.
Thanks.
Pat, k9JAUAt 06:29 AM 7/16/2015, you wrote:
>I can't complain about my neighborhood, everyone knows and looks out for
>each other for the most part. There are some who we haven't met but for the
>most part I know everyone around me, we've all eaten at each other's
>cookouts, spent many hours sitting on each other's porches or in each
>other's back yards talking. I even remember a couple times we had power
>outages that were going to be a couple hours so we all find a yard to stand
>in and talk. It's rare I know but not completely dead. IF there's someone in
>the neighborhood up to no good we spread the word to each other fast too.
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>From: "Carjohns27" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2015 2:32 AM
>Subject: Re: how the hobby has changed in 30 years Etc.
>
>
> > A-men with that one. I fully agree. What a shame.
> >
> > Carolyn Kj4vt
> >
> >
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> > From: "Pat Byrne" <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2015 5:05 PM
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Subject: Re: how the hobby has changed in 30 years Etc.
> >
> >> Jim,
> >> What you said here goes along with something I heard on the radio
> >> recently.  It was a brief news item that someone's survey indicates
> >> that thirty percent of persons contacted had not nor intended to meet
> >> their neighbors.  That just amazed me.  With all of the social media,
> >> guess actually meeting people is out of fashion.  When i grew up,
> >> although God knows that was eons ago, the neighborhood was every kids
> >> turf.  During the summer, from dawn to evening, all of us hung out
> >> together and if you ran off the rails, any neighbors mom or dad could
> >> call you on it.  Do that today and you'd have the cops and seven
> >> lawyers all over you!!
> >> i don't understand all the changes but I don't think i necessarily
> >> approve of them.  Like that will make a difference.
> >> pat, K9JAUAt 02:34 PM 7/13/2015, you wrote:
> >>>Hi Colin, first, your ideas and thoughts as usual, are very well
> >>>stated.  Maybe your sticky notes aren't sticky enough so they
> >>>never got turned in.  Seriously though, when I was reading your
> >>>thoughts, it occurred to me that, like ham radio, the animal
> >>>groups have also been declining over time.  By Animal groups, I
> >>>mean the Lions, Elks, Moose, and so-on are or seem to all be
> >>>struggling to keep their numbers up.  Don't know about the rotary
> >>>and siroptimists, but I think that many people, especially young
> >>>ones, has been getting into the social media stuff and don't feel
> >>>the same need for direct interaction like meetings etc.  Maybe
> >>>this portends some major underlying social change because of
> >>>technology, maybe even polarization, especially in the US.  I
> >>>belong to two ham clubs here.  One, has a breakfast every fourth
> >>>Saturday of the month which usually gets about 20 to 25 hams and
> >>>their significant others, maybe some wannabees.  The other club
> >>>has a Friday evening meeting that usually has a tech lecture most
> >>>months  or auction a couple times a year.  I have not gone to
> >>>that usuY for lack of a reade but I think it's fairly well
> >>>attended.  I don't have a sense of the numbers in each club, but
> >>>another local club seems to be cranking out new hams some of whom
> >>>I have heard and talked too on VHF.  Wish I had the secret
> >>>solution for you, and us in general.  I don't think free pizza
> >>>and beer would even encourage folks for too long.
> >>>Speaking of HF, I got my ALS600 fired up and am not using any
> >>>antenna tuner in line since I found out the Ldg AT600 Pro II auto
> >>>tuner is just plain Not Blind friendly, even LDG wrote me about
> >>>that.  Now I gotta return the thing to HRO hoping they will give
> >>>me back most of the $338  I spent on it.  Hope we can talk on HF,
> >>>bands permitting, one of these days.  I could barely hear Lloyd
> >>>yesterday and called numerous times using the amp never to be
> >>>heard.  Kind of disappointing but 20 meters was pretty bad.  Well
> >>>enough for now, 73, Jim WA6EKS
> >
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