At 07:12 AM 5/18/2006, doc wrote:
> > Just hate to see people try to profit on and create new fears in an
> > uninformed public to the detriment of the hobby.
>
>Has anyone communicated with the site owner?
>
>Perhaps he/she could be invited to a Club meeting
>or to visit an EOC and be educated about the value
>and safety of antennas.
>
>Perhaps the site owner does not know about the
>recent FCC regs re. transmitting antenna safety?
Uhh.. I don't think the site owner cares. What he/she wants is folks to
send in their ten bucks to get what is, in health terms, a useless report.
>It may turn out that with some gentle education
>the site owner could be turned to promoting Ham
>antennas and towers as important to public safety
>during emergencies.
Not unless you can show them a way to make money from such promotion. Fear
sells. It is a FAR more effective propaganda technique than positive selling.
There's the idea: You and your loved ones may be in danger unless you
allow that ham to have his tower!
Jim
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