Todd Daugherty wrote:
"Mike Coslo" wrote in message
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Todd Daugherty wrote:
The Death of Amateur Radio

By

Todd Daugherty N9OGL

It is interesting that what you propose to do would hasten your
"Death
of Amateur Radio" in my opinion.

If we get a few hundred more such as yourself that believe that
they
need to broadcast their opinions over the amateur bands, more and
more
Amateurs will find something else to do with their leisure time, as
they
have no room to transmit as the bands fill up with "bulletin free
speech
transmissions. All the while transforming the Amateur bands into
some
sort of mutant version of the AM broadcast band.

No where in my paper do I state that amateurs should broadcasting.

"amateurs should broadcasting"?

There are
some including the FCC who wishes to keep the service to where all
you do is
give a signal report, location, ect.

That's simply not true! I've had many long and enjoyable QSOs on a
variety of subjects, with never a problem on content from FCC. The only
limits on content
were "no pecuniary interest" and keeping it "G-rated".

As I stated in my paper a good example
of this was packet radio. Packet is pretty much died around here
because all
of the content on them was "For Sale" stuff. Packet would of survive
if
BBS's were set up to cater to certain topics or discussion groups.

Such as?

You note that you look for a free space to transmit in. So what?
K1MAN
doesn't. He opens up on whoever is on the frequency and threatens
those
who don't move. How many more "free speech advocates" will decide
that
anyone on "their frequency" is an infringement on their free
speech?

Information Bulletins are legal no matter what you or anyone
believes.

If the bulletins meet the specific criteria I outlined in another post,
they're legal.

Interference which K1MAN is doing is not legal.

Agreed!

I wonder if wattage limits are an infringement on a persons free
speech? Limiting it limits the number of people who can be reached.

Suggestion that Lib net members use an alternative method of
getting
their views out is not infringement of their free speech, it is a
suggestion. And not a bad one at that. No one is forcing them off
the
air, just suggesting a better venue for their views.

The FCC shouldn't even suggest it.

Yes, they should, if they see the content and behavior as detrimental
to the ARS. Which they do.

Again the FCC is barred from controlling
the content of any station.

That's simply not true.

Again if they can have alternative perhaps ALL
amateurs should move off the radio spectrum and uses the
alternative....the
Internet.

For certain subjects, that's the right medium.

Death of Amateur Radio? Perhaps you have a bigger part than you
realize........

Interesting!

In fact, we're starting to see what may be the "death of the internet"
- or at least the death of its potential. Viruses, popups, identity
theft and other shenanigans are causing many people I know to become
disenchanted with it.

73 de Jim, N2EY