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February 13th 04, 04:33 AM
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Len Over 21 wrote:
In article , Leo writes: 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..... Irrelevant to this group, Leo. ARRL "represents all amateurs." They say so up front. W1AW reaches the edges of the known world...a couple provinces of Canada, as far west as Ohio, down to Atlanta, Georgia. Their concept of "world." As with many other things relating to amateur radio, you simply don't know what you are talking about. Yes, W1AW is heard quite nicely on the West Coast and can be heard in any states. Pick an appropriate band and tune it in. W1AW is easily heard in Finland. I've heard numerous W1AW bulletins and code practice runs when I lived in Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, Botswana and Tanzania. Every single radio amateur in the USA "owes everything" to Saint Hiram Percy Maxim who "went to Washington" in 1919 to "restore ham radio" after WW One. ARRL tells everyone that, forever and ever. Happened 85 years ago when all the seven-year-old amateur extras in here were young. Clap clap. It happens that HPM did go to Washington for the stated purpose. ARRL says that because it is factual. What have you done for amateur radio, Leonard? Dave K8MN |
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