From Brian Burke on Sat, Mar 12, 9:23 am

wrote:
Ever read the book "Radio Rescue"? True story:

Back in the early 1920s, a young boy in New York City became
the youngest ham in the country, being licensed at 10 or 11
years of age. He and his ham station were instrumental in
emergency communications during a Florida hurricane - all before
he was 14.

Len would have forbid him from getting a license.

There is no law that forbids anyone the use of amateur radio in a life

or death emergency.

Irrelevant to Jimmy Who, Brian, he lives IN the past.

Indicative of that is writing "...would have forbid"
instead of the usual (proper) way of past tense in
saying "...would have forbade."

Jimmy was THERE, saving the world through ham radio
valiantly fighting all oppressors with his mighty
macho morse key.

1920 was 85 years ago. A few things have changed
in public safety agencies in those 85 years...
except in the romance novels of amateur radio
where Kode is King and it always works through
all emergencies, etc., etc., etc.

If we don't love, honor, cherish, and obey the
mighty macho morsemen, we "HATE" them and "all of
amateur radio," too! :-(