"The federal government in its infinite wisdom interceded years ago on behalf of a small minority of radio operators when they might have been relevant to some national emergency and defense. i wonde
I don't know where you live Dan, but we in the Chicago suburbs are familiar with a creature that is especially prevalent in wealthy big city suburbs, the indolent, bored, self-centered whiner. After
Dan Bookwalter wrote: "The federal government in its infinite wisdom interceded years ago on behalf of a small minority of radio operators when they might have been relevant to some national emergenc
Pity we don't have Mr Bill Robertson's address. We could all send him a qsl card.... Tom Dixon zl2hgr@xtra.co.nz IRLP 6931 --Original Message-- From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:towertal
Further, it should be noted that Wheaton is the town where the late Grote Reber made history when he assembled, in his backyard, the world's first parabolic dish radio telescope, which is now on perm
At 07:07 PM 9/23/2004 +0000, Rob Atkinson, K5UJ wrote: Further, it should be noted that Wheaton is the town where the late Grote Reber made history when he assembled, in his backyard, the world's fir
Your assumption about future reduced need for hams at public functions is logical. And yes, for those events with a big budget, they can hire professionals to do the communications. However, the majo
I would love Robertson's address, I would like to write him with the history of property values in my neighborhood over the last 16 years I've had my tower. Values are up 100-150%, which is just betw
Jim Lux: Certainly you make valid points about not hanging our hat on just one hook - emergency services - when we do many other things... But, your premise that state and local emergency communicati
I know a lot of us would like to contact the neighborhood spokesman in some fashion or other, but as the one who introduced this news item, I say let's please respect the wishes of atty. O'Connell an
This is probably the first "good" example of where amateur HF comms (the type supported by towers and antennas that cities want to prohibit) provided a useful service. However... it seems that there
Reprinted from DallasNews.Com technology section. A 5-column article ran Wednesday 9/23/04 in the Dallas Morning News's Business section. Photos of Brandenburg and some of the devastation from the Ca
Ooops, sorry I forgot to delete the message at the bottom. Twenty lashes with a piece of RG-8.--Tom, WW5L Tom Anderson wrote: Reprinted from DallasNews.Com technology section. A 5-column article ran
As they vote for "small government," low taxes, and a free lunch. That small government includes smaller law enforcement, smaller education, smaller FCC (especially less enforcement), etc. Jim Brown
Jim Lux Wrote: "My point is that the average voter has a hard time reconciling making special exceptions so that amateurs can provide a service that they think government can and should provide." one
Today... but in 20 years? Disasters such as these, particularly in modern times when people have gotten used to having portable comm in the form of cellphones, point up the need for better official c
Hams deserve to be protected, not because of their emergency communications, but because our neighbors should not be able to tell us what to do with our property except for health and safety issues.
Ham or not, I would personally rather have a nice quiet radio tower in my neighbors back yard rather than some of the noisy, barking all day dogs some of us have to put up with. But that's another st
Back in the UK about 50 years ago, when we saw rows of houses pretty much all the same design and color (except for different color front doors, perhaps), we knew what they were: "council houses" (i.
At 12:10 PM 9/24/2004 -0800, kelly@thejohnsons.ws wrote: Hams deserve to be protected, not because of their emergency communications, but because our neighbors should not be able to tell us what to d