On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 14:19:56 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

I will get the last laugh though. When all this digital crap lays
down and dies in a massive solar burst, those of us who still have
analog gear and a bug or key will be the ones who can communicate and
then WE WILL RULE THE WORLD!!

Then you should practice your skills at hand making a decent triode.
It's unlikely that there will be any close at hand when needed. Almost
everything else is pretty low tech when you think about it.