Return-Path: Received: from rly-mg07.mx.aol.com (rly-mg07.mail.aol.com [172.20.83.113]) by air-mg09.mail.aol.com (v119.12) with ESMTP id MAILINMG093-a24472281982cd; Fri, 26 Oct 2007 20:09:05 -0400 Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [193.82.116.20]) by rly-mg07.mx.aol.com (v119.12) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINMG076-a24472281982cd; Fri, 26 Oct 2007 20:08:58 -0400 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1IlZE0-0006Lc-Se for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Sat, 27 Oct 2007 01:08:24 +0100 Received: from [193.82.59.130] (helo=relay2.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1IlZE0-0006LT-3A for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sat, 27 Oct 2007 01:08:24 +0100 Received: from mailout.toya.net.pl ([217.113.224.27] ident=postfix) by relay2.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1IlZDw-0008GC-QG for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sat, 27 Oct 2007 01:08:23 +0100 Received: from localhost (unknown [192.168.120.26]) by lazir.toya.net.pl (TOYAnet MailServer) with ESMTP id DE6D28C0C6 for ; Sat, 27 Oct 2007 02:08:18 +0200 (CEST) X-TOYA-AV: AntyVir-Skaner at toya.net.pl Received: from lazir.toya.net.pl ([192.168.120.25]) by localhost (antyvir.toya.net.pl [192.168.120.26]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id zQpKSxw95sw3 for ; Sat, 27 Oct 2007 02:08:18 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [217.113.234.35] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lazir.toya.net.pl (TOYAnet MailServer) with ESMTP id 77E928C131 for ; Sat, 27 Oct 2007 02:08:18 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <47228173.5000706@toya.net.pl> Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2007 02:08:19 +0200 From: =?UTF-8?B?UGlvdHIgTcWCeW5hcnNraQ==?= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20040804 Netscape/7.2 (ax) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org References: <8E8D23D235D70840B6582917DF27898006935B1D@temps153538.tms-ltd.com> <47225F4C.1050105@telia.com> In-Reply-To: <47225F4C.1050105@telia.com> X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=disabled,none Subject: Re: LF: RADCOM Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.63 X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rs_out_1@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false X-AOL-IP: 193.82.116.20 X-AOL-SCOLL-AUTHENTICATION: listenair ; SPF_helo : X-AOL-SCOLL-AUTHENTICATION: listenair ; SPF_822_from : X-Mailer: Unknown (No Version) > > > The future of amateur radio may already be behind us. :-( > > 73 > Johan SM6LKM > > > Hi Johan, LF i am afraid that the problem of technical info in our hobby magazines is only a tiny fraction of a far more dangerous one , much more fundamental. i have an academic post with the university. i give lectures in math and quantum chemistry. there is a dramatic drop in the basic knowledge of math and physics among students. this situation can be observed in the recent decade or so. Moreover, it is even a sort of a "fashion" to know almost nothing about math and physics. when the battery in a pocket calculator dries out it is almost a 'total disaster' . I am not surprised that this 'fasion' gets into our radioamateur magazines . coming back to the main issue. here, in poland, we have two magazines devoted to our hobby and it is exactly the same i.e. the number of ads is growing , there are more and more 'beautiful' pictures of yaesu, icom, kenwood radios and , at the same time, technical info is confined into 5-6 pages out of about 100 . the young people across the world have mobile phones, PMR's , LPD's no licenses no knowledge needed.. well Johan i am afraid you are right 73, peter, SQ7MPJ