commander:

Well, now they have virtually lost it all--at least all the bands to
CB'ers...

I can see how that will now prompt them to whine and pee all over
themselves...

Awareness, denial, acceptance is the progression with which new ideas
and methods are adopted--most amateurs whose greatest accomplishment
in life has been to pass a CW test and grab a license will now be
stuck in the denial phase a long time now... they just lost their
whole world, image and ego!

Even the slowest of citizens will now realize that being an amateur
has never really been of any real merit or standing--and darn CB'er
can use a damn radio!

John

"Cmdr Buzz Corey" wrote in message
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wrote:
No.

These olde-tyme hammes will do ALL the "help" just as they
have "helped" others in the past.

For example, in 1958 the FCC deallocated the 11m band from
hams and created Class C and D CB. Oh, the Hue and Cry they
raised in the US of A! Imagine, below-30-MHz privileges
WITHOUT TESTING FOR MORSE CODE! Imagine, NO TEST AT ALL TO
GET A FEDERALLY-AUTHORIZED LICENSE!!

All them olde-tymers quickly got into action to Demand Their
Big Band Sound BACK! They're still working on getting it
back. :-)


And like other fools you attempt to keep the myth alive. In 40+
years of hamming I have never heard one ham (that inclueds the
olde-tyme hammes) that complained about about the loss of 11 meters.
The hams had 10 meters where they operated and rarely used 11, so
the loss to the ham community was nothing.