Len Over 21 wrote:

In article . net, robert casey
writes:

No, *all* activity on radio was legal. Anything not specifically
outlawed is legal.

Yes and no. The LAW defines what is legal and what is illegal.
Without the LAW specifically covering it, it is neither legal nor
illegal.

I dunno what country you live in, Leonard. Here in the United States,
anything not forbidden by law is generally legal. As a case in point,
my maternal grandmother was fourteen in 1914. Her father was a
well-to-do local farmer. He bought her an automobile which she drove
all over this county and neighboring counties. In 1914, West Virginia
did not require licensing of automobile drivers. My grandmother's
driving was absolutely
legal.

Here's another. There is no zoning outside of municipalities here.
Since I've owned this property, I've put up two radio towers, a 16 x 30'
heated barn and a sauna building. They are all absolutely legal. No
one can tell me to take them down and no permits were required.

It appears that you know as little about what is legal as you do of
amateur radio.

The radio regulations came later.

Of course. 1912. But the implication of the "1961 Poll" is rather
obvious to tout CW (on-off keying). Especially considering the
source of that posting.

1961 was 43 years ago. Times change. Technology changes.

The times do change. I wasn't a radio amateur in 1961. I was a radio
amateur just two years later. Some things don't change much. You
weren't a radio amateur in 1961. You aren't a radio amateur now.

There was NO personal computer in 1961 except for a few with
lots and lots of money. Very few.

"Personal computers"? You're telling us that there were a very few PC's
in 1961? Unless you've redefined the term, I don't think so.

In 2003 one family in five in the
USA had some kind of Internet access...that makes it roughly
60 million folks a year ago. One out of three USA citizens has a
cell phone subscription now, or roughly 100 million of those.

So in 2003, four out of five families had no Internet access.

We can mumble all sorts of things about the PAST, but that is just
mumbling, having little relevance to the present and future.

It is evident that you have mumbled all sorts of things about the PAST.
You've mumbled some of 'em dozens of times. I take it that those things
have no relevance to the present and future.



Dave