"K4YZ" wrote in message
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Untrue. MARS did NOT "begin" with amateurs but rather
the U.S. military. The ARMY to be exact.

It doesn't matter HOW it STARTED...It's what it is today.


http://www.marsgateway.net/history.html

It certainly looks like MARS has always been centered around amateurs even
from its inception if you read the brief history on the MARS website.

In addition, if a person bothers to look at all the initials, the second
word is AFFILIATE. So when anyone homes in on the first word, they are
missing the effect of the subsequent modifiers and thus the meaning of the
phrase.

Dee D. Flint, N8UZE