Mike:

Well YEAH! Take a video card from your computer, an audio card, a
processor, a memory chip, a hard drive--then inquire of the cost of
replacing it, as opposed to "repairing it?" One is possible, the other is
NOT! (well, not by rational men!)

You think amateur radio is going to stay in the same archaic state as it
has been held it to this date? Take the cover off of your computer, look
at the circuitry, open your antique radio, look at the circuitry. Do you
know why such a staggering difference exists? Because "millions" perhaps
"billions" use computers, and not enough amateurs exist to make it
worthwhile to bring this advanced technology to amateur radio. I mean,
don't embarrass both of us with a detailed description of how vast the
void is between modern technology and amateurs!

If you can't embrace progress, at least be man enough to step aside and
let others make it happen...

John

On Fri, 05 Aug 2005
23:25:11 -0400, Mike Coslo wrote:

wrote:
Mike Coslo wrote:

wrote:

John Smith wrote:


N2EY:

Yes, your list there shows how quite insane FCC licensing has been,
however, the arrl has to bear a lot of this blame also, they used
political pressures for their personal gains.

The longest journey begins but with the first step, there are many
necessary steps now to bring amateur radio back in line with sanity...

John


So what is your solution?


You must be kidding, Jim!


Not at all, Mike.

Of course some folks who poat to rrap tend to pose a
sort of Zen problem - they tell you what a thing is
not, or what it shouldn't be, but never say what it is,
or how it should be.

You watch. If Element 1 is dumped, as seems highly
likely, there will be a burst of license activity,
then same old same old as far as the numbers go.

f course. My question was who you were asking the question of.

Then watch as the written tests and other regs are
attacked as "barriers".

Heck, it's already started with the free upgrades
thing. FCC rejected that - this time.

I wonder how that argument will form? Without the Morse code as the
great "barrier", the argument will have to change quite a bit. Of course
I will wait excitedly for the next salvo in the requirement easing effort.

- mike KB3EIA -