From: on Sun, Sep 10 2006 4:54 pm

Dave Heil wrote:
wrote:
Dave Heil wrote:


I'm sure that a highly competent guy like Carl Stevenson would have no
problem running that by what he calls, "

What he calls?

Heil was so steamed at the heretical statements of others that
he forget to edit his own postings after doing a search for
all of Stevenson's statements...selected statements by Heil
for the purposes of humiliation of a newsgroup "enemy." :-)

Carl would be aided in his efforts by the warmth and comraderie he has
genererated with statements like:

"The ARRL is like a corrupt dictatorship ... out of control and yet
with all the power of control (and money from its publishing empire)
... the only viable way to save ham radio is to overthrow the ARRL
and kick them out as the "representative" of ham radio to the FCC ...
given a chance, they'll do the wrong thing practically every time, it
seems."

Yet Carl is a member of the ARRL, and now wants to participate in the
decision making processes rather than remain among the down trodden.

Not allowed to think independently. The (present) ARRL
is without fault and KNOWS what is best for all amateurs.


"Almost anything would be better ... they're WORSE THAN NOTHING because
they do the wrong, destructive thing more often than not."

With respect to code testing I am in agreement with what Carl posted
almost a decade ago.

I agree. However, neither Heil nor the upper reaches of
ARRL can be told what to do. They KNOW what is best.


"Actually I am, but I have no aspirations to become the next Dave Sumner
...that would be a big step backward for me career-wise."

Meanwhile, you work on becoming the next Robesin. Congrats on your
giant step backward.

Morsemanship is apparently a catalyst, a trigger for Character
Assassination. That's readily apparent in Google archives.


"The BOD climbed into bed with a bunch of long-time frequency
coordination egomaniacs and to hell with everyone else."

Did they?

You won't get any answer on that, Brian. Heil is afraid you
will mention "6 meters" and "Frenchmen" again. :-)


"Get screwed, Herman .. the ARRL is NOT "the savior" ... they're Nero
fiddling merrily while Rome burns all around them."

For what purpose is Jim constantly posting amateur numbers?

Jimmy NEEDS to have the image of an Authority Figure here.
"Numbers" is an easy task to crib from other sources and
then pretend His are "authentic" (as if he did the search
and sort operations).


"...I have so little faith in the ARRL's ability to
lead ham radio into the next century that I beleive almost anyone could
do a better job".

He may be on to something.

You betcha.


"I don't see the ARRL as being 'effective' AT ALL ... I see it as
being/having been the single largest impediment to the
modernization, growth, and future security of the Amateur Radio Service."

There is a reason that the ARRL membership numbers are so abysmal even
though they are the only national amateur radio organization of any
consequence.

Mama Dee rationalizes that 3/4 of all US amateur radio
licensees are not "joiners." :-)

She overlooks the demographic fact that the core membership
and hierarchy of ARRL are devout morsemen.


Those are just a few of Carl's gems. There are many, many more.

Take your time. At the speed of ARRL, there's no need to hurry.

:-)