Re: Keeping up with technology
That is not "keeping up with technology," it is keeping up with fads.
John WA4WDL
-------------------------------------------------- From: "Bruce" kk5do@arrl.net Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2013 7:44 PM To: "amsat-bb@AMSAT.Org" amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Keeping up with technology
In trying to keep up with technology, the Houston AMSAT Net will now take check ins by Tweeting using the hash tag #houamsatnet 0200 UTC during the winters on Wednesdays (8PM Central Time)
Be one of the first on your block to check in electronically. Of course, you can still use one of these: IRC, APRS, EchoLink, Telephone, E-mail or voice on the repeater directly.
I would use Facebook but I have a thing against giving out all that information publicly. My Facebook account has been active for a long, long time and I have no friends. Not a one. In fact, once every year or two I check to see if it is still there. I think I have broken the Facebook record for the longest running account without a friend. Too easy for bad things to happen with Facebook.
73...bruce
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Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards ARRL Awards Manager (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0200z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* Also live streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes Latest satellite news on the ARRL Audio News http://www.arrl.org
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While I can't vouch for checking in on Twitter or other social medias. I can say I do respect the want to incorporate alternative and more publicly visible methods into the operations of ham radio and AMSAT. One of the stongest pulls for me into ham radio is the social aspect. Club meetings are some of the best aspects of the hobby when you have a great club with really personable members. A saying from Massachusetts (when I was out there, now I'm in Los Angeles) was "Clubs are the heartbeat of ham radio". So, Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, Google Plus, etc... I'd love to see more AMSAT involvement. It can only bring good to incorporate these into activities.
Bryce KB1LQC
On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 2:03 PM, jmfranke jmfranke@cox.net wrote:
That is not "keeping up with technology," it is keeping up with fads.
John WA4WDL
From: "Bruce" kk5do@arrl.net Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2013 7:44 PM To: "amsat-bb@AMSAT.Org" amsat-bb@amsat.org
Subject: [amsat-bb] Keeping up with technology
In trying to keep up with technology, the Houston AMSAT Net will now take
check ins by Tweeting using the hash tag #houamsatnet 0200 UTC during the winters on Wednesdays (8PM Central Time)
Be one of the first on your block to check in electronically. Of course, you can still use one of these: IRC, APRS, EchoLink, Telephone, E-mail or voice on the repeater directly.
I would use Facebook but I have a thing against giving out all that information publicly. My Facebook account has been active for a long, long time and I have no friends. Not a one. In fact, once every year or two I check to see if it is still there. I think I have broken the Facebook record for the longest running account without a friend. Too easy for bad things to happen with Facebook.
73...bruce
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Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards ARRL Awards Manager (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0200z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* Also live streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes Latest satellite news on the ARRL Audio News http://www.arrl.org
AMSAT on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/amsat
Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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On 11/6/13, jmfranke jmfranke@cox.net wrote:
That is not "keeping up with technology," it is keeping up with fads.
John WA4WDL
A few years ago, I was talking about amateur radio with someone who, at that time, was a recent engineering graduate. She not only had no idea what it was, she couldn't comprehend why anybody would be interested in it. Very quickly, she concluded it was--ahem--a "social network". (Yeah, right.)
I would have suggested that she return her degree because she didn't appear to have learned anything. Her discipline, though, wasn't electrical, so it's unlikely that she would have learned anything about it during her studies.
When I started my university studies 40 years ago, I thought amateur radio was the neatest thing and I wanted to get my callsign one day. Then again, I was an SWL, so I had a vague idea of what was involved.
Things have changed over the years, haven't they?
73s
Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL
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