----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 11:22
AM
Subject: [IRCA] E-Mail Lists & The
Future of the Hobby
I've been out of reach of e-mail for the past two weeks,
while serving as an
emergency communicator in Mississippi and New Orleans. When
I returned,
I was saddened to read the dozens and dozens of e-mail
messages on the
NRC AM List.
While I salute the NRC for (finally) launching it's E-DXN, I
am disappointed in
their decision to discontinue the e-mail list. Web based
forums are wonderful,
but cannot replace the immediacy of e-mail lists. The
"DX-Tips" list especially
is one of the best tools available to DX'ers. I urge the BoD
to reconsider.
Adding even more e-mail lists is hardly the answer. It only
further distills
information and makes the task of gathering it more
difficult. Frankly, with
the number of DX'ers shrinking daily, I think it's past time
that both of the
major clubs took a hard look at combining their efforts and
resources for
the common good.
As the Broadcast Test Coordinator for both clubs, I was
further saddened to
see that one of the casualties of the heated discussion was
a radio engineer
who in the past had conducted several DX tests. He took a
comment very
personally, and unsubscribed from the list. With his
departure, we may
have lost another friend in the broadcast community. I
strongly caution
members of both clubs against making comments about
stations, engineers,
or corporations.
It's past time that all MW DX'ers faced the facts. Our hobby
is shrinking and
becoming more challenging. If we wish to see it continue for
our lifetimes,
then we must stop fighting with each other, upsetting
stations and their
staff, and wasting the resources that we have available.
I move that we open discussions to combine the NRC and IRCA.
Do I hear
a second?
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
NRC/IRCA Broadcast Test Coordinator
Les Rayburn, director
High Noon Film
100 Centerview
Drive Suite 111
Birmingham, AL 35216
205.824.8930
205.824.8960
Fax
205.253.4867 Cell
http://www.highnoonfilm.com
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