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Is Ham Radio Dying Out ?
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February 1st 05, 01:41 PM
Brian Short
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In article ,
(Derek Wills) wrote:
In 1960 there were 399,000 Amateur stations world wide
In 2000 there were 2,789,720 Amateur stations world wide
How you interpret these numbers depends on how you define
a station, in part. Does it weigh less than 1 lb or not?
Station licenses are not the same as stations, anyway -
I have a license but no station unless you count the halogen
lamps at home. But nobody asked me whether I have a station.
I don't want to draw any fire, but there is a point
to this -
Not all that many licensed amateurs in the United
States have the legal right to install an antenna
on their property.
I live in a neighborhood built in 1969, so there
is no deed restriction, but there is a city-wide
restriction (Tempe, AZ) of 35 feet height.
Even so, my neighbors send the "neighborhood
enhancement" (doesn't that sound ominous and
sort of nazi-like?) out regularly for various
imagined city code issues of which there has
never been a single violation.
Basically, there is an ad hoc legal ban on amateur
stations at residences built in the last 20 years,
at least in suburban settings.
The reasoning seems to follow that since antennas
are outlawed, only outlaws have antennas.
Remember, radios don't transmit, antennas do!
Brian
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