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February 11th 04, 07:24 PM
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Mike Coslo wrote in
: Dee D. Flint wrote: "Leo" wrote in message ... On 10 Feb 2004 09:52:50 -0800, (N2EY) wrote: snip Without the ARRL, do you think we'd still have amateur radio? I don't. Um, the rest of the planet does not have the ARRL, and amateur radio is still going strong there..... snip 73 de Jim, N2EY 73, Leo Without the ARRL, US amateur radio would have remained permanently closed after World War I. The other countries did not have enough amateurs to justify keeping the frequencies and it is highly probably that they would have all gone to commercial interests. Everyone wanted the shortwave frequencies at that time and without the US, the foreign amateurs would not have had enough leverage to have held on to the spectrum. Doggone it Dee! Your factual post is going to ruin another anti-US rant! 8^) FWIW, I'm really disapointed in thoes two. 8^( - Mike KB3EIA - Mike, how is it anti-US to point that the world doesn't revolve around America? Of course, if you think it does, then you're probably beyond help. |
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