Rats. You pulled me in. I can't resist adding my 2 pesos. Ham Radio for some is a vocation. Or shall I say, supporting Ham Radio is a vocation. There are few hobbies without a commercial aspect. Should you enjoy playing the Kazoo, you still have to buy one somewhere. That said, the staff at the ARRL probably want to get paid. So do the people staffing MFJ. This is much more than a hobby. Its an industry that generates revenue, provides jobs and uses radio spectrum fought and won from the FCC for the primary purpose of saving lives and property, while fouling up a good CW QSO with a bad fist. No, I think Ham Radio is far more than a hobby.
You are already Married. You picked a good hobby for a Married man over 40. LOL. I am almost 60. Also a good hobby for an old portly balding lazy gentleman.
It's a survey of no-coders. Of course it has a lot of anti-old fart entries, many no-coders fantasize about innumerable hoards of old men hurling insults at them about not being "real hams". It's a condition of widespread paranoia, I tell ya.
