My post was simply a list of facts as they appear to me. The use of
communications to assist in the delivery of medicine, food, clothing,
building materials, etc. is of more importance than the use of airways
for
recreation.

That might mean something if they actually needed it, or didn't
have a legal choice. But they do. Regardless of feelings on the
matter, what they do is illegal, and could cause them considerable
negative cashflow if caught. Could also effect the ability to
legally obtain a license after such a conviction, the way things
have been going lately.

Since most would accept that the law of "...the greatest good for the
greatest number..." would apply, if push came to shove--the truckers
would
probably end up with the frequencies in question...

They have legal frequencies they can use. This is *exactly* what
the CB band was created for. They also have business band options,
the the family radio frequencies to chose from. Myself, I have a
simple solution that I impliment when I hear illegal truckers on
the CW portion of 10m. I fire up my henry console, and started
calling CQ right smack dab on top of them. Tends to ruin
their day...1+ kw of CW on 10m cuts holes like a plasma
cutter... I have no real problems with them using the
"freeband" under 28 mhz, as it's basically unused, although
legally, it is allocated to aircraft I believe... I'll
leave it up to the FCC to decide how they want to treat it.
As far as I know, they will prosecute, if they hear you
there. The "freebanders" have been there for so many years,
they have sorta of taken it over...
But if I catch them in *my* allocated frequency range,
I'm gonna put them on hold. They can try to talk,
but I'm going to make it as unpleasant for them,
as possible. It's called self policing. And that's
the way ham radio has basically been run for years.
If the truckers want to use 10m, more power to them,
but they better get a license first. And being it's
so easy these days, with CW being snails pace, even
for extra, there is *no* excuse not to have one.
They can use 2m, if they are too slow to learn CW.
So even CW is no excuse to break the law. MK