Topband: Fwd: ARRL Board meets next week - I'm looking for input

[Herbert Schoenbohm]

Do you get the impression that the ARRL has always been lagging behind 
dragging their feet and slow to  grasp the many advances in our hobby 
that lie ahead? This is evidenced by their collective inability to make 
needed upgrades to programs and contest rules. A perfect example is the 
ARRL 160 meter contest which clearly punishes stations located in the 
U.S. Territories by counting them as ARRL states rather than DX like 
they really are.  Many have begged and pleaded for change by following 
the suggested procedures of writing the CAC and Directors for nearly two 
decades.  All attempts are ignored and everything remains the same.  Why 
does this not surprise you?


Herb Schoenbohm, KV4FZ

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> I am sorry you feel badly about ham radio as we have had some very 
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> On 7/11/2015 10:09 AM, Roger D Johnson wrote:
>> I sat down to write an intelligent response to the remote question 
>> but realized
>> I don't really care anymore. The Amateur Radio that I grew up with, 
>> and loved,
>> is gone forever. Thanks to the ARRL and the FCC, it has been "dumbed 
>> down"
>> and deregulated to the point where it's just another Citizens Band.
>>
>> 73, Roger
>>
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