Mark,
When I took my test, all of the VEs were rather old. But those taking the
tests were all in their 30s to 60s. So there is hope that the "no code"
change is bringing in a new crop of hams.
Rick
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From: FT-60@... [mailto:FT-60@...]
Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2014 9:05 PM
To: FT-60@...
Subject: [FT-60] Re: not very exciting start
I've noticed the same thing in MY area (Los Angeles), which USED TO BE
really busy. But, over the past 20 years, with the proliferation of cell
phones, texting and Facebook, etc., it seems that there's not as much
chatter on the radio as there used to be.
One formerly popular repeater here, which has coverage from slightly north
of Los Angeles all the way down to San Diego, remains quiet nearly all day
now. When I first got my license, in 1986, this repeater was so busy you
couldn't break in no matter how mars you tried. It was constant chatter 24/7
on that machine. I'll spin the dial and go through all my 2m and 440
repeaters I've got programmed in my radio and often won't hear a darned
thing on any one of them.
These are the times.
On the plus side, it's almost like having a private repeater whenever you
want to have one since nobody else seems to be on it anymore.
Mark
KB6KGX
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