"KØHB" wrote:

"N2EY" wrote

However, no matter how interested someone is in politics, that person can
*only* vote where he/she resides. IOW the price of voting is having to
join a
community by living there.

Your analogy remains flaccid. Amateur radio exists in the community in
which we all live. It has an effect on all of us, whether we are licensed
or not, and the regulations concerning qualification to participate in it
even more so.

I can't agree, Hans. My cousin lives down the road a few miles and runs
the local pharmacy. Ham radio has no effect on his life at all. He has
several employees. They too are completely uneffected by amateur radio.
None of them know anything about amateur radio or care a whit about
amateur radio.

Dave K8MN