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On Jun 27, 5:33?pm, RDWeaver wrote:
On Jun 27, 10:02 pm, AF6AY wrote: The ARRL is the *ONLY* national organization of radio amateurs. The model of a single dominant national radio club isn't unique to the US --- in fact it seems to be the worldwide model. Britain has RSGB, Germany has DARC, Japan has JARL, Australia has WIA, China has CSRA, France has REF-Union, Russia has SSR, and so on. These are all large countries with healthy populations of licensees, but each with only one "substantial" national radio club. That was not my point. My point was about Who controls the dissemination of news and information and, most importantly, the subtle influence of a very very few on the vaster majority of amateur radio licensees. The major income of the ARRL is from publishing. RSGB does that to some extent and may someday pose a real competition for League publications. With the virtual monopoly on influence comes the clear and present danger of youknowwhat of a certain fictional year. The only example of a country with two "large" radio clubs was Canada The population of the state of California is approximately that of all Canada. Have you counted the number of licensees just in California lately? Note that the ARRL's daily tally of licensees doesn't lump California with Hawaii or other places of the USA even though all must be in "six land." It would be an interesting study to determine why this worldwide model of a single dominant national radio club has so consistently evolved. 73, de Hans, K0HB Well, "RDW," it is a matter of convenience for a SMALL group of hobbyists. You stated not too long ago that amateur radio in the USA was merely a fractional percentage of the population. The Radio Club of America was incorporated five years before the ARRL. They are still in existance. While some members of the RCA are licensed radio amateurs, their prime interest focus is no longer on amateurism. Neither is RCA in the publishing business simultaneous with membership doings. If you have read Thomas H. White's remarkable history of early radio in the USA, you will find out more about how the ARRL got their first steps up the ladder. AF6AY |
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