Dick Flanagan wrote:
>
> At 10:02 AM -0800 11/1/97, Lee Buller wrote:
> >I understand there is a place, and this might not the best place either,
> >but lets continue to have an open discussion about the future of the
> >service/hobby.
>
> I respectfully disagree, Lee. If folks start using the TowerTalk (or DX or
> BA or Contest or Heathkit or . . .) reflector to have "open discussions
> about the future of the service/hobby," it will cease to be a viable
> TowerTalk reflector.
>
> A subject-specific reflector is valuable only if it remains
> subject-specific. I care as passionately as anyone about the Amateur radio
> service and its future, but this is not where I come to discuss the
> policies and politics of that future. I come here to talk about towers and
> antennas and the "N" word.
>
> Those who wish to participate in policy and political discussions
> concerning the future of Amateur Radio should subscribe to a reflector
> where that is its charter. Those who subscribe to this reflector may just
> be here in an attempt to get away from those other kinds of discussions.
> That's why there are so many different reflectors; so one can choose. When
> you ignore those charters, even for good reasons, you remove that choice.
>
> Wow, pretty heavy stuff for a Saturday morning. I think I'll go out and
> work on my tower and antennas and see if I can locate one of the cardinal
> compass directions.
>
> Best to everyone on this first day of November.
>
> 73, Dick
>
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Take a vote John
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