What happened to all the experimenters and inventors in amateur radio?
You might say what a question! Here he goes again! No!, this is serious and I am not the
only one that echo’s this sentiment. Some time ago I noticed Eddie ZS6BNM posing questions on the SARL Forum and I quote:
“If we look at all the inventors from the past century (100 + Years) so much was discovered!
What are we as hams doing to discover more of the unknown?
Who will be there to assess what is new or old? Where are our inventors?
Digital modes comes close to that - new development almost every day!"
I hope I am wrong, but has amateur radio become a black box operator’s hobby? Prove me wrong! Yes, prove me wrong by sending in your projects, inventions and experimental “concoctions” to the GRHub Network for publishing. Click HERE
I will only then believe that there are still amateur radio inventors/experimenters out there doing their thing. I might sound negative, paranoid, and pushy, call it what you like, but lets be honest, there are many out there that still experiment and explore. Why keeping this to yourself? We owe it to those that have come and gone, pioneers that build the history of amateur radio in this country.
Lets follow in their footsteps and show others what amateur radio is really about.
