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May 9th 04, 03:12 PM
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Subject: Let's debate: Should Amateur Radio be made a free for all?
From: Alun Date: 5/9/2004 9:06 AM Central Standard Time Message-id: I think maybe you are a bit confused, so I guess I need to explain a little more. The radio merit badge used to require the boys to participate in 2 CW QSOs and 1 phone QSO. Now that requirement is just for 1 QSO in any mode. Some phone ops used to teach the badge and do CW QSOs by computer, which had the added advantage that the boys could see what was being said, whilst others used to get a CW op to participate (the counselor tests the boys, but anyone can provide the instruction/demos). Ahhhhhhh....I see...You were speaking of the REAL "Merit Badges"....! Yes, you were correct, of course...I stand corrected. The QSO requirement is only one from a long list, and can be satisfied by boys with a ham licence if they submit 5 QSL cards from 3 call districts. The boys who are not hams (obviously the vast majority) just have to sit in on a QSO instead. One of the other requirements is to draw a frequency chart, and there are very specific rules about what it has to show. The funny thing is, the example in the book doesn't comply. It was done by the ARRL, but I don't think it was created specially for the purpose. I think it was just something that already existed that they let the boy scouts use. One of the questions I am contemplating is whether I should give credit for copying it, or whether they should have to do it properly? The FCC has a real nice chart available from GPO and is all inclusive from a few KHz up to, I beleive, 300GHz. It might go higher. 73 Steve, K4YZ |
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May 9th 04, 06:16 PM
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Alun wrote in message . ..
(Steve Robeson K4CAP) wrote in : The FCC has a real nice chart available from GPO and is all inclusive from a few KHz up to, I beleive, 300GHz. It might go higher. 73 Steve, K4YZ That's a good point. I understand that Icom has one you can download, although I don't know if it meets the requirements. I'm sure the FCC chart meets all possible requirements, though. I wonder if it shows the MARS frequencies separate from the Amateur frequencies? After all, " "MARS IS "Amateur Radio". " |
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