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May 8th 04, 05:54 PM
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Subject: Let's debate: Should Amateur Radio be made a free for all?
From: Alun Date: 5/8/2004 10:29 AM Central Standard Time Message-id: (Steve Robeson K4CAP) wrote in : If one reflects back on the history and demograpics of the Amateur Radio Service, there have been those who obtained licensure for a myriad of reasons, but those who really get in it and stick with it have recurring central interests...Two types come to mind. First are those who are facinated by radio for radio's sake...Gadgets. I don't think I've ever got over my facination with how radio waves bridge huge distances. It still seems like magic even though I have studied how it works. Ditto! And altho I can "work" somone in Australia on the pooter, I liken it to fishing with hand grenades!... It takes skill to drop that line in and coax "the big one" onto the hook! I am the same way with aircraft. I used to live at the junction of two low-level military training routes in Sequatchie County, Tennessee, and was routinely treated to impromptu "airshows" courtesy of the United States Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps. I could hear the "whistling" of the engines coming up the valley and would run out to catch a glimpse. When the U.S. was gearing up for Kosovo, B-1B Lancers and F15 Eagles were regulars along the route. Most of the "active" folks are the gadget operators and ES types, so let's go to where they are rather than wait for them to find us..."Popular Science" and "Popular Mechanics" magazine..."Journal of Emergency Medical Services", "Emergency Medical Services", etc etc etc. Agreed. Mind you, ads in Popular Mecanics are incredibly expensive I agree, but what price would we pay if we lost Amateur Radio altogether due to low census? With the dollar-figures the ARRL posts every year they can afford to put at least one full page ad in those mags per quarter, at least! Element 1 only adds access to about 2.5% of all Amateur allocations. Those that really wanted HF priviledges only saw the Code test as a hurdle...Not a brick wall. My recollection of hurdles in school sports is mostly of falling over the bl**dy things, HI! Jump higher, Alun! =) 73 Steve, K4YZ |
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