I have a strong feeling that most aspects of ham radio will going to look mighty different in say, 2020, than they do at the beginning of 2006. This is not because of some nefarious plot by the ARRL
... and surely not "serving the world to them on a golden platter" as they've become accustomed to, as the ARRL would like to do for the sake of increased numbers! Quality transcends quantity! de W9Y
And they won't drink milk! E. Litella, call unknown, ca. 1977 -- Original Message -- From: DGB To: Ward Silver Cc: CQ-Contest Reflector Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 7:22 PM Subject: Re: [CQ-Conte
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ That is certainly a good part of it, but we also need to focus on electing directors who mirror our views. A lot of them don't, app
I would hope that those who value amateur radio would seek to have much of the MF/HF allocations treated as international parks. That is they remain as a preserve, away from high data rate, automated
Bullyragging the directors (of any national society) does not achieve the goal of perpetuating our principles. The directors represent the constituents of which we are but a fraction. *We* need to s
Well, some things change (rigs, antennas etc. are far better than they ever were) but some things don't. We still have basically the same ionosphere, same sunspot cycle, same propagation conditions a
Well, that's the ole chicken and egg paradox. If there were no ham radio, would there be any "us" (in ham radio) - or if there were no "us", would there be any ham radio? What would the FCC do if the
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It's about *us*. Part 97.1 should reflect what We The People want and need and not what the gummint wishes to impose on us. A coupl
Happily reassign our spectrum to some dreary utility data scheme so that little children will hear the roaring buzz on their parent's tube-dead, no-antenna shortwave radio and imagine they are liste
You miss my point entirely and contradict yourself in the process. The gummint imposes nothing except frequency limits. See Part 97.1 - here are the reasons we make spectrum available, now go figure
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You're making some assumptions about my attitude that are incorrect. First, when I spoke of "We the People", I meant all Americans,
Bill--and you'll be standing for election when? Only when those who believe in <your cause here> become directors will any change occur. If the only folks having their hats in the ring are <some othe
--Original Message-- From: cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Bill Turner Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 11:27 AM To: Ward Silver; CQ-Contest Ref
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The gummint is "us" if we are constantly vigilant to make it so. Leave the officials alone for a while and they tend to drift into