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November 9th 04, 09:06 PM

In article , PAMNO
(N2EY) writes:

In article ,
(Len Over 21) writes:

In article ,
(Brian Kelly) writes:

(Len Over 21) wrote in message
...

The parks argument is a good one. The spectum is a natural resource like

the forest and the shoreline, and like those it shouldn't be for
business
use only.

Thank you for saying that, Alun. Sincere thanks.

About six years ago (or so) in here I tried to point out that there is
a
good analogue between the hobby of amateur radio and the national
park service. The U.S. Park Service has a million acres (give or
take)
which is reserved for ALL the citizenry to enjoy for their recreation.

You did?

Google up the post for us, please, Len. Your experience in computer-modem
communications should make that an easy task for you.

Old-maid Jim is still into Googling bullemia syndrome, still trying to
argue old, old postings all over again. And again. And again. :-)

Spare me . . . more snake oil . . one more of your bogus "claims to
fame" eh Sweetums?

Tsk. I don't "claim any fame" to that analogue.

Then why did you mention it, Len?

Tsk. All WRONG again, Jimmie? :-)

Kellie brought up "claim to fame." I just repudiated it.

All you want to do is re-argue the PAST. :-)

Face the music (even if you are deaf), amateur radio is basically
a HOBBY. There should be absolutely nothing wrong with that
concept.

What's "wrong" is when someone denies that there are any "nonhobby" aspects to
amateur radio. Such as emergency and public service communications, education,
advancing the state of the art, etc.

Of course...like "advancing the state of the art" in home building
all-tube rigs in the 1990s. :-)

There is a lot of wrong with the political statements saying it is a
"vital need to the nation" such as for "emergency comms" as if
the time was prior to WW2 when two-way radios were scarce.

Who says amateur radio is a "vital need to the nation", Len?

ARRL. :-)

You seem to think that amateur radio plays no role in emergency or public
service communications, based simply on your experience watching TV after one
California earthquake. That's simply too limited a view.

Three earthquakes, not just one. :-)

Tsk. I was out there, not just "watching TV." Didn't see any "ham
emergency" crews at the disaster centers. Maybe they were all
home using CW on their rigs? [ "CW gets through when nothing else
will...even without electrical power!" ]

For example, when the space shuttle burned up on reentry, there were groups of
volunteers out looking for debris that survived the disaster. Some groups had
communications provided by amateur radio, others depended on cell phones.

Riiiiight, Jimmie...ONLY hams were any aid, right? Nobody else could
do the job? :-)

The Press has been negligent again, reporting false news...they should
have listened to the ARRL (who knows the "real" truth as opposed to
"wrong" truths spoken by the government, NASA, etc.).

The post-operation consensus was that cell phones were not well suited for
that
type of operation, and that amateur radio played a key role in the groups that
had hams providing the communications. That's all documented by people who
were there.

Nooooo...that's all documented by the ARRL. :-)

Were those hams participating in a HOBBY when they volunteered?

They were being good citizens. All those hams got their licenses so they
could later Hunt for Space Shuttle Debris?

Pretending that amateur radio is "vital" is a lot of POLITICAL
bull**** and you know it.

What does it take for something to be "vital", Len?

Constant reading and listening to the ARRL. :-)

Until relatively recently, we here in the USA got along very well without the
internet, personal computers, cell phones, cable TV, satellite TV, satellite
radio, PDAs, VCRs, flat-screen TVs, microwave ovens and a host of other
things.

...including ALL radio! [depends on your frame of reference and yours is
hanging a bit crooked...straighten it up...]

So none of those things are "vital" either, are they? They may have improved
our lives, but they are they "vital"?

Tsk. Nice try but the "reducto ad absurdum" approach is strictly
grade-school style "debate." :-)

"We here in the USA?" :-) Does that mean that only YOU are in the
USA and everyone else in other states are NOT in the USA? :-)

(I personally remember when all those things, and more, did not exist or were
not available to/practical for the average middle class American. And we
lived happy and successful lives without them, so they're not "vital".)

There we all have it!

If Jimmie "remembers what it was like" then That's It. :-)

Can't be me, because I'm neither old nor a maid. And my name is Jim, not
"Jim".

Okay, your name is "Jim," not "Jim." :-)

Perhaps you are angry that W3RV pointed out your mistake. You should thank him
for the new information. Don't you like new information?

Kellie no got "new" information. :-)

Kellie wanna practice mental bullemia and barf up old postings.

W3RV pointed out that the concept is much older than six years. Now you're
trying to weasel out because you've lost that point. Doesn't work.

"Weasel out?!?" :-)

Tsk. You morsemen weren't able to successfully argue your cases
for anything in the past...now you disguise your later comments on
old things as some kind of "truth" of "new things?"

That's NOT "weaseling out." That's just plain nuts, morseman.

Don't fib Sweetums, you know I'm out here doing my homework.

I could care less, "Sweetums."

Then why are you arguing, Len? Just say you were wrong and move on. Thank
W3RV for the correction and live in the present.

I could care less, "Jim" (or would you rather be called "Jim?")

:-)

Whoever originated it, the park analogy has some merit. It also has a bunch of
problems.

A long time ago, Teddy Roosevelt thought so...but managed to get the
National Park Service going... :-)

For example, the above FCC comments weren't about the definition of amateur
radio at all. They were a way of saying why amateurs wouldn't get special
protection from BPL interference. That's a political decision, not a technical
one. In fact, it admits that interference can/will happen, but that ham radio
isn't important enough to merit special consideration.

Thank you for the re-interpretation, Holy Father. Blessed be...

If ham radio is promoted as a HOBBY, why should it get special protection?

Why should ANY of the recreational hobby radio things get ANY
protection, "Jim?" Especially those evil, wicked, mean and nasty
CB types? :-)

Part 95 has a definite section on the Radio Control Radio Service. Pure
hobby activity.

Also, you say the park service has a million acres, give or take. What
percentage of the USA is that? Hams in the USA currently have access to about
3.55 MHz of HF (3-30 MHz) spectrum. That's a little more than 13% of HF, and
most of it is worldwide exclusive amateur. On VHF, UHF and above we have
similar levels of allocation.

Tsk. All you know is about HF. Typical PCTA extra. :-)

Would you want to see those allocations reduced?

Why do you ask? :-) You seem to NEED a redirection in the thread
so you imply some "fault" by MANUFACTURING some thing I've NOT
stated.

What allocations do you think hams should have, as a "hobby"?

What allocations do YOU think should be there? :-)

Someone (I think it was you) mentioned the 75 MHz RC hobbyists. They got a few
channels of VHF at low power, using only approved radios. Is that sort of
allocation adequate for hams?

Yup. You are vainly trying to MISDIRECT with a MANUFACTURED
"dispute." :-)

I used it as an example of POLITICAL manuevering by a purely HOBBY
activity. The AMA was successful. They got LOTS of channels, not just
"a few."

The AMA also has about 170 thousand members. Curiously, that's
about equal to members of the ARRL. :-)

One main reason they got those channels was that the classic 27.255 MHz RC
channel was overrun by illegal cb use.

Tsk! WRONG! ONE frequency at any large flying site (or pond or waterway
or car racing place) is NOT ENOUGH for more than a few people. :-)

Like all PCTA extras, you are getting off on "illegal CB" again. :-)

What's wrong with promoting amateur radio *now* as a combination of *all* its
contributions - recreation, public service, technical innovation, education,
emergency communications, and more?

Tsk. More wrong "wrongness!" :-)

I've never said what you've claimed about "promotion." But, you've gotten
so
thick about hollering "wrong" all the time, I don't suppose you can stop.

The ARRL propaganda is - consistently - the SAME. It also seems to be
ineffective OUTSIDE of amateur radio. ARRL is constantly doing SELF-
PROMOTION and the government can see that as easily as anyone not in
amateur radio. ARRL has apparently begun to Believe itself in all that
propaganda and self-glorification.

ARRL just hasn't gotten into mainstream media with any of that noble and
glorious "technical innovation, education, emergency communications," let
alone the "recreation" part. The "public service" part is notably lacking,
everywhere but at the ARRL and its output.

How do we do this and avoid the pitfalls such as "OK, you hams get the same
spectrum percentage as the park service has land area" or "you hams get the
same channelized, low power equipment as the RC folks"?

Use CW. "CW gets through when nothing else will..."

sound of raucous laughter omitted...