"N2EY" wrote


Am I "obsolete" because of what I like to do, and what I believe in?


Jim, your message is a classic collection of "shoot the messenger". The
comments in my message aren't mine; they are direct quotes from hams
inside the FCC. I think it's safe to say they reflect 'official'
regulatory views. Further, it is my opinion that those comments weren't
meant as "handwriting on the wall" but as huge billboards painted in
international-orange to send our service an unmistakeable message.

Distill it all down, and the essence of that message is "You guys have a
playground which is a prime piece of RF "real estate". Unless we see
some 'contributions to the radio art' pretty damn soon, we're going to
bulldoze the place and put it up for sale to commercial interests."

In a misdirdected response ARRL has erected an expensive political
soapbox on the street corner with huge banners saying "Save Our
Playground". The FCC is ignoring that soapbox and putting up more
billboards with unflattering descriptions like "routine communications
and hobby activities".

It is the contention of a growing number of active and concerned hams
that ARRL needs to quit spending our money on political posturing, and
redirect their attention and our money into regrowing the technological
reputation which earned us that playground in the first place.

73, de Hans, K0HB