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March 12th 04, 04:02 PM

(Len Over 21) wrote in message ...

In article , "Hank
Oredson" writes:

Well, guess you are not a US Radio Amateur, or you would
know that Amateur Radio is not a hobby, but is a service.

I hazard a guess that YOU are misinformed.

All throughout Title 47, C.F.R., the word "service" is a regulatory term
denoting a type and kind of radio activity being regulated.

It is NOT a "service" the same a military service, a jury service, or a
service for eight used in dining.

Hank...you'll have to forgive Lennie.

You're correct in your assumption that Lennie is NOT an Amateur
Radio licensee...He almost takes "pride" in it.

He spends hundreds of hours ranting in a forum over a radio
service that he specifically expresses disdain and disgust for, all in
the name of exercising his right to be a putz. (THAT he does WELL!)
Then when members of that forum have the audacity to defend what they
know to be true (from practical experience), he "dismisses" them with
allegations of being Nazis, "jack-booted-thugs", "elitists", etc etc
etc...

If you ARE a ham and live in the US, please go read Part 97 again.

It is not necessary to be licensed as a radio amateur to read
Part 97 of Title 47 C.F.R. All the Parts of Title 47 are adminstered
by a Commission and staff, none of whom need to be licensed in
ANY radio service.

It's irrelevent that the Commissioners are not licensees. Such is
the nature of our government. The ladies down at the Clerk of Courts
office issue driver's licenses for 18-wheelers and dump trucks, but I
never see any of them driving one.

We are discussing the Amateur Radio SERVICE. Lennie tries to
skew the conversation by claiming that others refer to it as they
would the ARMED Forces as a "service".

The rules and regulations that pertain to the Amateur Radio
Service (in the United States, anyway...) very specifically spell out
certain expectations that those same Commissioners that Lennie refers
to have for the ARS.

None of them say "fun".

But is this a fun way to spend one's time...!??! OF COURSE!

Is it CODIFIED that this is ONLY a HOBBY...?!?! Of course NOT!

Lennie has made other absurd claims of other radio services
existing for "solely recreational purposes", yet I cannot for the life
of me find ANY such service in ANY part of 47CFR...No where...When
asked to produce a reference to such service, he's failed to produce.

Of course you'll not find the word "hobby" in any part of Part
97, but Lennie assures us that that's what the Commissioners
"meant"...(of course he's also NOT an FCC commissioner, nor does he
have a degree in jurisprudence)

Sooooooo........Lennie can ramble on for hours about his rights,
his perceptions of the Amateur Radio service, his exploits with HF
radio while in the Army in 1953, etc etc etc...He also spends much
time whining about how HE is treated, yet he usually engages those who
dismiss/ignore/refute him with profanities, indignities and
inuendo...And THEN cries "FOUL!" when it's revisited upon him in like
fashion!

Engage him at your caution! He's a real piece of work!

73

Steve, K4YZ