Len and the group,

reading here since a few weeks, i do agree with the sight of view from your
standpoint.


"Len Over 21" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
...
In article , "Helmut"

writes:

How does the number of new hams since the changes compare to an equal
period of time before the changes?

Jim, it is not the difference in numbers, it is just the fact, that it
happend. Give yourself the cream upon the cake and think positive about
the
new situation. Showing anger and agressiv language against those beeing a
"victim" of the restructuring process doesn't bring any good to the ham
family. Not in your country, and not around the world. And where we
cannot
do anything against it, it's not worth to argue about it. It is NOT
negotiable.

Helmut, what you say is true but the verbose regulars in this newsgroup
are adamant "America-firsters," that is, what the Americans do is
"best"
and therefore that is good for the rest of the world.

There is nothing wrong to be patriotic. But beeing patriotic does not mean,
whats good for my countrie must be good for any other one. Amateur Radio is
a global "institution". The rules for AR are set by an international entity.

The IARU came out with the opinion years ago that morse code testing
should be eliminated from an ITU requirement. The ARRL, a supposed
leader of American amateur radio (with membership less than 25% of
all American amateur licensees) was against it. They aren't really for
eliminating any of it and remain in a middle position, neither for nor
against it. ARRL tries to please too many, therefore there is no real
consensus possible. It reduces to a simple phrasing for American
radio amateurs: All must do as was done in the old days by the old-
timers...because the old-timers imagine they are "the best."

Are this oldtime-hams still use spark gap TX? Thats what they should do when
argueing this way. The Americans never would have reached the moon, thinking
this "old days" way.


It is a sad situation for the entire world in my estimation, a stubborn
opinion that belongs better in times of two centuries ago. As an
American who loves his country and has done so longer than most
other Americans in here, I am ashamed of their "radio-backwoodsman"
attitudes. Such reflects poorly on us, yet so many remain stubbornly
resolute in an America-first belief, a parochial attitude centering
around themselves with little regard to this nation or the world.

Fortunately for the rest of the radio world (much larger than
amateurism)
the USA's negotiations on that rest of the radio world activity is
better
and more liberal, willing to listen to other points of view. In here
there
is NO other view allowed if it displeases the old-time regulars.

What makes me frightened is, theat there is no will to change ones way of
thinking into a global range. The kind of "this is my fence, I dont care
whats outside" mentality is not a hams mentality. It reminds me of the
mentality of the ancient "southstates and yankee" disputes in the OLD US. It
must be the genes, keeping fellow hams from going the right, the ham way.

73 de OE8SOQ
Helmut



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