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G6KUI > USERS 09.06.09 13:16l 30 Lines 1266 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
BID : 28020_G6KUI
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Subj: Re: Last men standing
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Sent: 090609/1054z @:GB7DBY.#23.GBR.EU NPF2.54c [G6KUI PMS Alvaston Derby]
Dave VK2AWZ wrote a fairly long bulletin, but he failed to grasp what the
real problem is. Like most others he has only partly taken part in Packet
Radio, being a taker and not a helper in the infrastructure.
The one thing that I can't understand is why most people don't run a packet
node. This to me is the best way of taking part.
Here in the UK a lot of people who had difficulty making an RF connection
to a BBS, gave up completely with RF when they migrated to telnet internet
access. Why did they do this ? . My only only answer is because they are
selfish individuals and don't want to help others.
Surely it would have been much better if these people had helped provide
local RF connectivity to others when they decided to go the internet
route by providing a node so that other local RF users could use their
internet connection to gain access to the packet network.
Or maybe they just do not ( or do not want to ) understand how packet radio
works.
In most other aspects of amateur radio everybody is on an equal footing,
but in packet radio most people that came into it just wanted to be second
class amateurs and not fully take part. They decided to be just USERS and
to not get fully involved.
73, Pete G6KUI
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