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Dave Heil · September 13th 06, 01:31 AM posted to rec.radio.amateur.policy

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Dave Heil wrote:

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Dave Heil wrote:

[snip of Len's "blah, blah, blah"]

Censorship?

Summary of Len's comments:

Len is still suspicious of the ARRL. Len believes Carl should have been
allowed to run. Len believes that Carl would have brought change, even
if he would have been one of many ARRL Directors if elected.

Len is still not a radio amateur and not an ARRL member. Len is not a
participant in amateur radio and his views of what is best for amateur
radio and what is best for the ARRL are still irrelevant.

Dave K8MN

Perhaps Carl would have championed the reciprocol frequency rule.

"Reciprocal"

You
can't talk to people on frequencies where they're not allowed. You
can't be the other half of an illegal QSO.

Is that the one where one party is responsible for looking up the
frequency allocations for each foreign QSO, determining the other
operators license class and the like? Does it include checking the FCC
database to ensure that the other op in each domestic QSO has a right to
be where he is operating?

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

What he calls?

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

The only things which stand in the way of his doing so are 1) becoming
eligible to run and 2) getting elected.

...rather than remain among the down trodden.

The downtrodden? The poor? The lame? The under-appreciated?

"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'm fully aware of that. That doesn't make it correct.

"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.

There's no truth in your statement.

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

Did they?

No, they did not.

"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?

What does your question have to do with the above?

"...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.

I don't think a guy who can't spell "believe" is ready to lead anyone
anywhere.

"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.

Why, you've begun with a false premise. The League membership numbers
are hardly abysmal. What percentage of U.S. seniors are members of
AARP? What percentage of American gun owners belong to the NRA?
What percentage of veterans belong to the American Legion.

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

Dave K8MN

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

In light of Carl's ineligibility, there's no need to hurry. The
election has already taken place. Carl Stevenson was not elected.

Dave K8MN

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