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>It’s just a bunch of old dudes talking about where they are driving to and gate keeping the spectrum Yup and the grouchy boomers who LARP as emergency prepare

by nvy 2y ago

>It’s just a bunch of old dudes talking about where they are driving to and gate keeping the spectrum Yup and the grouchy boomers who LARP as emergency preparedness personnel. My experiences with amateur radio people have been universally negative, and in my opinion the death of ham radio is squarely the fault of its participants.

bityard 2y ago
Interesting. My experiences with amateur radio people on the air have been largely positive. But on the internet, there seem to be only two groups: 1. Old hams: New hams are the cancer that is killing the hobby! 2. New hams: Old hams are the cancer that is killing the hobby! Funny enough, I ran across a ham radio magazine from the 1920's and found letters to the editor that said the exact same things. A hundred years ago, the same old flame war rages on.
- nvy 2y ago
  The standard refrain of "it's always been like this" is a great way to avoid confronting the very real problems facing amateur radio. But despite your insinuation I'm not a "new ham". After a few brushes with the ham community in my area I very quickly decided I wanted absolutely nothing to do with it.
  - dl9999 2y ago
    My experience with ham radio has also been positive. I've been a ham for about 14 years now, and I can't recall any bad experiences. Most of the contacts are barely more than signal reports, but any conversations I've had have been at least cordial. I can't speak for bityard, but I think that pointing out that there have always been complaints is just saying that there are always unhappy people regardless of the state of the hobby. Most people don't talk about something if there's no problem. The people that speak up are unhappy with something. That can make it seem like the problems are common, even if they are rare. That's my take on it anyway.

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>It’s just a bunch of old dudes talking about where they are driving to and gate keeping the spectrum Yup and the grouchy boomers who LARP as emergency prepare

by nvy 2y ago

bityard 2y ago
Interesting. My experiences with amateur radio people on the air have been largely positive. But on the internet, there seem to be only two groups: 1. Old hams: New hams are the cancer that is killing the hobby! 2. New hams: Old hams are the cancer that is killing the hobby! Funny enough, I ran across a ham radio magazine from the 1920's and found letters to the editor that said the exact same things. A hundred years ago, the same old flame war rages on.
- nvy 2y ago
  The standard refrain of "it's always been like this" is a great way to avoid confronting the very real problems facing amateur radio. But despite your insinuation I'm not a "new ham". After a few brushes with the ham community in my area I very quickly decided I wanted absolutely nothing to do with it.
  - dl9999 2y ago
    My experience with ham radio has also been positive. I've been a ham for about 14 years now, and I can't recall any bad experiences. Most of the contacts are barely more than signal reports, but any conversations I've had have been at least cordial. I can't speak for bityard, but I think that pointing out that there have always been complaints is just saying that there are always unhappy people regardless of the state of the hobby. Most people don't talk about something if there's no problem. The people that speak up are unhappy with something. That can make it seem like the problems are common, even if they are rare. That's my take on it anyway.