In article , Barry OGrady wrote:

Fact of the matter is that the media generally doesn't like ham radio.
They want to steal the freq's. By the way many of the weather reports
of sever weather you get via tv is sent to the counties via hams,
"skywarn" the counties send it to the weather buro and the tv gets it
from there.

Sounds illegal. Ham radio is not to be used for commercial purposes.

SKYWARN is not used for commercial purposes -- SKYWARN storm spotters
reporting severe weather to an agency who subsequently issues a storm
warning to a television station is no where near commercial purposes.
SKYWARN spotters report to an emergency management agency or the National
Weather service. For more information, see:

http://www.skywarn.org/

--
Clay Irving
Well (s)he is only a type of deer after all so its particularly
spectacular to have learnt English from only 'A Stranger in a Strange
Land' and 'A Clockwork Orange' - Jonathan Stowe in c.l.p.misc