Cmd Buzz Corey wrote:
wrote:
It is a fun hobby, an activity done for
personal pleasure but one that requires federal regulation
due to the nature of EM propagation. Some want it to be
MUCH MORE than what it is in order to fulfill some kind of
daydream they have to show their personal greatness. shrug
And often it is MUCH MORE.
Yep. Often it is higher class hams dissing lower class hams.
As usual, ham radio operators help sustain wide-ranging relief efforts
True enough. But those efforts must obey the same laws of physics that
the other radio services obey. Amateur radio isn't magical. Morse
code isn't magical, mystical, nor mythical.