This "retro" style is also an artifact of the average age of the amateur radio population in general, which skews 50+. I'm 37 and got into it young, and I'll be

This "retro" style is also an artifact of the average age of the amateur radio population in general, which skews 50+. I'm 37 and got into it young, and I'll be one of those "elmers" soon enough. Though I do sometimes cringe at the low-fi design of most ham sites, I take it as par for the course. They are often much more interested in getting their circuit and antenna designs (or ideas like the one in the linked article) out in the open, than making it pretty enough for the current college kids.