Mike Coslo wrote in
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Dee D. Flint wrote:
"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.
Doggone it Dee! Your factual post is going to ruin another anti-US
rant!
8^)
FWIW, I'm really disapointed in thoes two. 8^(
- Mike KB3EIA -
Mike, how is it anti-US to point that the world doesn't revolve around
America? Of course, if you think it does, then you're probably beyond help.