Airy R. Bean wrote:
The sentiments expressed below are relevant to
the whole world of Ham Radio.

If we do not take action now about what are essentially
CB licences, then we can have no complaint in the future
when Ham Radio is treated by the powers-that-be as a variation
of CB Radio.

We value the privilege of designing and making our own radios.

No such privilege exists.

The thin end of the wedge is already there in some places, Spain,
for example, where you cannot fire up your own TX unless it has
been subject to scrutiny (expensively so) by government scientists.

We _MUST_ exhort all M3/CB Fools' Licensees to either
move to a better licence class or to not come on the bands
at all.

Who is we?

If they come onto the bands, we _MUST_ refuse to QSO with them.

Probably for the best!

Cheers,

Micky

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