[TenTec] OT: Useful Information

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Sun Apr 1 22:24:23 EDT 2018 

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Hi Perry,

Yeah, it was an April newsletter article I wrote a few years back. The reflector made it hard to read because it ran the paragraphs together. Or at least it did in the copy I received, so I'm assuming it did that to everyone.

I'm glad you liked it. There's more where that one came from.

Good to hear from you buddy.



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-----Original Message-----
From: w8au <w8au at sssnet.com>
To: tentec <tentec at contesting.com>
Cc: k8mp <k8mp at aol.com>
Sent: Sun, Apr 1, 2018 07:57 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] OT: Useful Information


Hey Joe:  Did you create this?  Nice Apr 1 entry..

Perry  w8au


At 01:04 PM 4/1/2018, Joe Papworth via TenTec wrote:
>Touché....  (I hope the reflector doesn't 
>discombobulate the paragraph formatting) Â  NRA 
>Proposes “Million Ham March”  Oldham, 
>Connecticut - The NRA (National Radio 
>Association) has proposed a march on Washington 
>by some one-million amateur radio operators to 
>protest what they refer to as the “Abuse of a 
>wonderful human resource.” An NRA 
>spokesperson, who asked to remain anonymous, 
>said that repeated requests for immediate action 
>on pending federal legislation have gotten 
>nowhere and that a “Call to Action” is now 
>needed. The bill, apparently stalled on Capitol 
>Hill, would allow U.S. amateur operators to use 
>the privileges they have already earned by 
>obtaining federally issued licenses.  “We are 
>simply asking for congress to ensure that we are 
>permitted to do what the FCC has already 
>licensed us to do” the NRA rep said.  The 
>group faces stiff opposition from local 
>governments and home-owners associations around 
>the country who do not want outdoor antennas 
>cropping up in their localities and 
>neighborhoods.  “What would be next, tomato 
>plants and dog runs in people’s yards?” 
>asked an attorney from NML. The firm represents 
>many HOA’s that have banded together and they 
>threaten a class-action lawsuit if legislation 
>favorable to the NRA’s demands is passed. NML 
>is seeking the participation of additional 
>HOA’s and localities to strengthen their 
>position.Interested parties can contact them at 
><a href="http://www.NoMansLand.com" target="_blank">www.NoMansLand.com</a>. Â The NRA has put its fate 
>in the fed’s hands. “One of the FCC’s 
>stated purposes for the amateur service is 
>‘The promotion of international goodwill.’ 
>We cannot fulfil that lofty goal without 
>adequate antennas installed at the amateur’s 
>homes. The time has come for congress to stand 
>with us by enforcing existing federal 
>statutes.”  Opponents of the NRA have 
>questioned the group’s ability to even muster 
>one-million radio amateurs, also known as 
>“Ham” operators. “We really don’t think 
>there are that many around”, they said.  
>“There are currently well over 700,000 
>licensed amateurs in the U.S.” said the NRA 
>spokesperson. “We have planned an all-out 
>recruiting blitz to push us over the one-million 
>mark before the protest takes place.”  One 
>potential source of new licensees is the 
>so-called sanctuary cities. “Illegals in those 
>cities have demonstrated an uncanny ability to 
>obtain falsified government documents of all 
>kinds. While we don’t condone such practices, 
>we intend to take full advantage of them.” 
>said the NRA. Â Some amateurs have grown 
>impatient with the NRA and congress. “We are 
>tired of waiting for something good to happen” 
>said one Ham. “Many of us have spent thousands 
>of dollars on equipment that we can’t even 
>use.”  Small demonstrations have already 
>occurred in some locations  One group, calling 
>itself “The RadioActivists”, allegedly 
>disrupted cell phone communications in their 
>area by jamming the frequencies of one local 
>cell carrier. “They are not licensed to 
>transmit on our frequencies and they know it”, 
>said a company spokesman. “But unless the FCC 
>catches them in the act, there is nothing they 
>can do.” A RadioActivist spokesman refused to 
>comment. Â In another city, amateurs clashed 
>with authorities at the home of a newly-licensed 
>Ham as they assisted him in installing his first 
>antenna. Carrying signs that said “SHACK LIVES 
>MATTER”, they formed a human wall around him 
>as he dug a hole for his radio tower. The 
>situation escalated for a time as some of the 
>Hams apparently threw dirt clods in the 
>direction of a sheriff’s deputy.  “No 
>Way” said one of the amateurs. “We were 
>simply tossing the dirt from the tower hole onto 
>a pile. It’s gotta go somewhere, right? 
>Besides, I grew up with that rent-a-cop and 
>he’s an idiot.”  Some citizens are 
>concerned about the levels of radiation that the 
>Ham antennas could emit. “I don’t want my 
>kids exposed to that stuff” said one man. 
>“Besides, it might cause interference with the 
>games they play on their smart phones with their 
>friends. It’s a good way for them to occupy 
>themselves while the wife and I are busy with 
>other things.”  Uncertainty about where this 
>will all lead is causing legislators to be mum 
>about it. “No one up there will even talk to 
>us” said the NRA spokesperson.  “It’s a 
>shame it has come to this but we feel that a 
>march is the only way to raise the public’s 
>awareness of the situation. It seems that every 
>group in America has their own month to get 
>everyone’s attention. Last month everybody 
>focused on breasts. Our month is coming soon.” 
>Â Â  -----Original Message----- From: Rick 
><<a href="mailto:Rick at dj0ip.de" target="_blank">Rick at dj0ip.de</a>> To: 'Discussion of Ten-Tec 
>Equipment' <<a href="mailto:tentec at contesting.com" target="_blank">tentec at contesting.com</a>> Sent: Sun, 
>Apr 1, 2018 6:06 am Subject: [TenTec] OT: Useful 
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>Germany) 
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