"Len Over 21" wrote:

(snip) Anyone thinking that amateur
radio is "primarily about public service"
is deluding themselves and/or living in
a fantasyland of daydreams. Amateur
radio is a hobby. It was never anything
else and it may never be anything else.
Why should it be more than a hobby?


Of course, those quotes don't reflect anything said by me. Instead, I said
public service is a key component of the basis and purpose of this radio
service (97.1a).


(snip) I've never needed a "license"
to do jury duty, yet I've done it four
times. I've never needed a "license"
to be a court witness yet I've done
that once. I've never needed a
"license" to contribute to a charity or
be a hospital volunteer or anything
else to do REAL public/civic service.
Anyone physically capable can do
all of those things without any
"license" or "special authorization/
allocation" by some "authority."


Obviously, Len. We were talking public service relating to Amateur radio.
Nothing said precludes public service in some other means or manner.


Dwight Stewart (W5NET)

http://www.qsl.net/w5net/