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Re: [Amps] WinLink

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Subject: Re: [Amps] WinLink
From: "Eric Lowell" <elowell@maine.rr.com>
Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2005 12:06:23 -0500
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Greetings all,

I have heard this before and it mystifies me. 

1- Winlink is a software program that can be used to control a PACTOR/Packet
BBS. I am unsure of how this threatens anyone or can be "secretly" backed by
the league.

2- I am pretty sure that it has almost nothing to do with amplifiers, so I
apologize for the off topic post and will go back to my lurking mode.

Best regards from Maine, Eric (W1EL) 

-----Original Message-----
From: amps-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:amps-bounces@contesting.com] On
Behalf Of Will Matney
Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2005 10:06 AM
To: amps@contesting.com
Subject: [Amps] WinLink


I just ran across something (2-3 days back actually) about the ARRL almost
secertely pushing through a new bandplan for Winlink, I think was the name.
I have read some others opinions before I made this post. One wonders why I
will not re-license and this shows why. I have seen the ARRL now, over and
over, for years now, seem to do some pretty underhanded things. It seems to
me it is always tied to a money flow some where. I know all to well what
they did to Rich Measures on here, and it was over deep pockets controlling
what the ARRL now does. I'm sorry, the ARRL is supposed to be for all the
amateur radio folks but when money is involved somewhere, it seems that
things gets hushed, law suits gets threatened, and stuff is done under the
table. Folks wonder why the membership is dropping off and this pretty much
nails it. Before we had the internet, where information flows sooo freely,
keeping things hid away was 100% easier. I started on the net about the same
time I said by
 -by to my license. These types of actions is the very reason they went. To
straighten it out, there ought to be a major house cleaning of the ARRL, and
the FCC. There's too many corporate and political fingers in there. The ARRL
should only be staffed by non-political, non business tied hams IMHO. This
very thing is the reason I dont see myself ever being re-licensed in the
near future. I just had to say something as I'd had this bottled up now for
a few days. Any comments are welcome.

Will

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