[CQ-Contest] Re: Poll on ARRL web site (was contest coverage)

[Lee Hiers]

On 11 Jan 2002, at 5:50, Bob Naumann - N5NJ wrote:

> The ARRL, and ham radio is all about tradition, and respect for
> those who have gone before us, and our shared marvel of wireless
> communication. 

You're right about that Bob...at least for folks like you and I.  
Unfortunately, the League does not share that opinion.  They are a 
numbers organization only.  They care about radio only to the extent 
that it ensures the League's continued survival.  The League is no 
longer by and for the amateur, it is simply a bureaucracy intent on 
self-preservation by whatever means it thinks it can achieve it.

> Also, a lot of us, myself included have relied on the league to
> represent us.  Many of us feel like we've been taken to the cleaners
> on this, and the code issue.

Ain't that the truth!

I was naive enough to think that being a Life Member had some 
meaning.  It would be interesting to see the results of a similar 
poll of Life Members, those of us who have more invested in the 
League and in the hobby.

<sigh>

73 de Lee






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Lee Hiers, AA4GA
Cornelia, GA

lee at dixieliner.com


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