February 11th 04, 07:23 PM
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"Dee D. Flint" wrote in
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"Leo" wrote in message
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On 10 Feb 2004 09:52:50 -0800, (N2EY) wrote:
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Without the ARRL, do you think we'd still have amateur radio? I
don't.
Um, the rest of the planet does not have the ARRL, and amateur radio
is still going strong there.....
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73 de Jim, N2EY
73, Leo
Without the ARRL, US amateur radio would have remained permanently
closed after World War I. The other countries did not have enough
amateurs to justify keeping the frequencies and it is highly probably
that they would have all gone to commercial interests. Everyone wanted
the shortwave frequencies at that time and without the US, the foreign
amateurs would not have had enough leverage to have held on to the
spectrum.
Dee D. Flint, N8UZE
If you beleive that, you'll beleive almost anything.
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