Comments on: IRC is the Ham Radio of the Internet http://churchcio.com/irc-is-the-ham-radio-of-the-internet Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:55:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Jason http://churchcio.com/irc-is-the-ham-radio-of-the-internet/comment-page-1#comment-3076 Jason Sun, 06 Sep 2009 02:56:07 +0000 http://churchcio.com/?p=175#comment-3076 Fine points Del. Glad someone has finally been disagreeable on my blog. It is welcomed! 1. I am not sure that I said they didn't enjoy it. I myself enjoyed it as a kid thanks to a neighbor man who still does it today. In fact, when we were able to speak to someone outside of our Country on a clear night, it was a pinnacle moment in my pursuit of technology. Still, one can't help but feel it is now outdated, a throwback, and losing it's popularity. That isn't to say it doesn't have more users now than 20 or 50 years ago, it may very well be the case... but it is only because of population expansion not it's technological advancement. 2. I think you have proved my point. Ham Radio requires training and yet you can't get it from simply reading a one page instruction manual. My point was that it isn't as simple as just turning it on, reading some prompts, and then getting after it. Ham Radio and IRC both require mentoring by a friend, extensive reading, and a testing of sorts before you are rubber stamped in those communities. With the above, please don't hear me as disparaging of Ham Radio. I love it all! Amateur radio has a special place in our history, and if a war ever finds it's way to us again I suspect we'd need something like it as an ad-hoc, citizen-ran infrastructure piece. Fine points Del. Glad someone has finally been disagreeable on my blog. It is welcomed!

1. I am not sure that I said they didn’t enjoy it. I myself enjoyed it as a kid thanks to a neighbor man who still does it today. In fact, when we were able to speak to someone outside of our Country on a clear night, it was a pinnacle moment in my pursuit of technology. Still, one can’t help but feel it is now outdated, a throwback, and losing it’s popularity. That isn’t to say it doesn’t have more users now than 20 or 50 years ago, it may very well be the case… but it is only because of population expansion not it’s technological advancement.

2. I think you have proved my point. Ham Radio requires training and yet you can’t get it from simply reading a one page instruction manual. My point was that it isn’t as simple as just turning it on, reading some prompts, and then getting after it. Ham Radio and IRC both require mentoring by a friend, extensive reading, and a testing of sorts before you are rubber stamped in those communities.

With the above, please don’t hear me as disparaging of Ham Radio. I love it all! Amateur radio has a special place in our history, and if a war ever finds it’s way to us again I suspect we’d need something like it as an ad-hoc, citizen-ran infrastructure piece.

]]> By: Del http://churchcio.com/irc-is-the-ham-radio-of-the-internet/comment-page-1#comment-3073 Del Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:09:56 +0000 http://churchcio.com/?p=175#comment-3073 Disagree: 1. Young folks with interest in science and technology do enjoy amateur radio (yet the percent of cable-tv-bitten-brains increases daily hence the problems in the western world EDU system) 2. Amateur radio ONLY works (is enjoyable) after solid training. License is required! (What's an antenna? Feed line? What frequencies can you use? Propagation? Repeaters?) You perhaps meant 'CB radio'? Disagree:

1. Young folks with interest in science and technology do enjoy amateur radio (yet the percent of cable-tv-bitten-brains increases daily hence the problems in the western world EDU system)

2. Amateur radio ONLY works (is enjoyable) after solid training. License is required! (What’s an antenna? Feed line? What frequencies can you use? Propagation? Repeaters?)

You perhaps meant ‘CB radio’?

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