KØHB wrote:

"Michael Black" wrote

| Take out that history from amateur radio, and I really
| don't see it starting up today.

You absolutely NAILED it Michael. Amateur radio was started and
sustained until post-WWII by tinkerers, experimenters, and technically
orientated types. That our service continues to exist today is a
miracle, attributable mainly to the efforts of RAC, ARRL, DARC, JARL,
IARU, RAE, RSGB, and all the other national societies who so far have
convinced the regulators to allow us to continue.

The notion of a "start up" amateur radio service or any personal radio
service with such broad gifts of spectrum and freedom to experiment as
we enjoy wouldn't gain any traction at all in todays technological
environment.


In one of the first posts, I cam up with the spectrum we would recieve.

Me in an earlier life:

Aww, don't make me define too much Jim! Okay, lets say that in the
rebirth, fueled by concerns for homeland security, that a a loosely
organized group of non-professional communication savvy people that
might be able to respond to disasters or the like is made.

Assume that it is decided that this group should have some technical
abilities, so that if need be, they might stand a chance of getting a
station operational under adverse conditions.

The philosophy is that these people would pursue the service as a
hobby, working for enjoyment while honing operational skills.

Let's say that amateurs are allocated some frequencies. I'll assume
that the bands I not will be similar in width to what we have now:

2 meters
10 meters
20 meters
40 meters - or nearby, away from broadcasting frequencies
80 meters

The various frequencies are chosen to take advantage of propagation
characteristics.

No UHF or above, no 160 meters.

Seems like a reasonable starting point to me.

Obviously things would be different, there would be plenty of
differences, and the idea was that there might be some discussion of that.

So you and Mr Black just say there wouldn't be any such thing. Thanks
for the input! ;^)

- Mike KB3EIA -

"Mike Coslo" wrote

|
| So you and Mr Black just say there wouldn't be any such thing.
|

That's correct. If amateur radio did not already exist there is Zero
point Zero Zero Zero (and I'm rounding upwards) probability that it
would be created today.

73, de Hans, K0HB