The State of the Art

[Bob Waddell]

Having read a number of listings about the "good ole days" 50 years ago, I am reminded of our responsibility to communicate with the "state of the art" of our day.  It's a moving target!  This is an exciting time to be a part of our hobby, amateur radio!  When you compare the state of the art 25 or 30 years ago and today, the KX1's k1's, k2's and k3's of our day are exciting stuff!  To our fearless pioneers of today, I lift the glass!  Job well done!

Bob Waddell

N4BGR

Bob Waddell
N4BGR

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[N2EY]

-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Waddell <[hidden email]>
To: Elecraft <[hidden email]>

>I am reminded of our responsibility to communicate
>with the "state of the art" of our day.

With all due respect....

Who decides what is "state of the art" and what isn't?

My K2 was built in 2001 and its design dates to 1999.
My Southgate Type 7 was built in the early 1990s but
its design could have been done thirty years earlier if
someone had thought of it.

I have other rigs too, mostly older.

Where's the line? If a rig puts out a clean signal, is
it state-of-the-art?

> This is an exciting time to be a part of our hobby,
>amateur radio!

IMHO, it's always been an exciting time.

We had great rigs in the past and great rigs today.
Even better, we have a choice!

73 de Jim, N2EY
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[Dan Romanchik KB6NU]

Actually, I think what the original poster was referring to is that  
one of the "purposes" of amateur radio as set for in Part 97 is to  
"advance the state of the radio art." The only responsibility we have  
is to transmit clean, stable, in-band signals.

73!

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On Oct 4, 2007, at 1:09 PM, [hidden email] wrote:

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Waddell <[hidden email]>
> To: Elecraft <[hidden email]>
>
>> I am reminded of our responsibility to communicate
>> with the "state of the art" of our day.
>
> With all due respect....
>
> Who decides what is "state of the art" and what isn't?
>
> < other stuff deleted>
>
> 73 de Jim, N2EY

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