Well my 'foot-in-mouth' comment has been circulated, that's for sure.
Jim makes some points with his thoughts; however, I've been receiving
some personal email that's (shall we say) less than professional.
Certainly I'm not implying that Jim is encouraging or promoting the
ilk that I've received. On the contrary, I believe Jim is expressing
his own view and is respectful of other points of view, too.
My point is that FD has a variety of followers, none of which is
necessarily wrong. You are free to 'hang' with a group that feels the
way you do and 'play' FD the way you desire without guilt.
I can participate in FD any way I want. However, some are misguided
when they pronounce there is only one way to do field day, CONTESTING
and nothing else, because any other way is WRONG and DETRIMENTAL to
all Hams (who should all be earnestly contesting on FD).
I'm sure Jim agrees that it was not his intent to demean others with
his opinion. Unfortunately, some have taken the lead in inflicting that
view to me and others -- emphatically!
I sincerely disagree,
73 de Phil - N8PS
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Quoting Rsoifer@aol.com:
In a message dated 6/27/2012 4:41:15 PM GMT Standard Time,
k9yc@audiosystemsgroup.com writes:
May I remind one and all that bandwidth is bloody expensive, and we've
got a lot of prime real estate. The only real justifications for that
are our ability to contribute during emergencies and the extent to which
ham radio contributes to technical education and innovation. It damn
sure isn't about rag chewing or DX chasing -- we get to do those fun
things ONLY because lawmakers and the FCC believe that we do those
public service things. .
Jim,
I agree with most of what you've been saying, but this comment goes a bit
far.. Amateur radio has been provided for in the ITU Radio Regulations since
1927, and many of the countries which are parties to that treaty do not
even permit emergency communications or any type of third party traffic.
Yes, technical innovation is important. I would submit, however, that most
of the innovation in amateur radio occurs because DXers and contesters
(VHF/UHF as well as HF) are always trying to improve their station
performance.
It doesn't happen in a vacuum.
73 Ray W2RS
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