I thought it was the amateur radio service. That's how the FCC identifies it. Pete ,wa2cwa
On Sun, 18 Sep 2005 19:40:33 -0500 "Dave Harmon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Gentlemen....please read what I said..... > This is not a hobby. > > Regards > > Dave Harmon > NSRCA 586 > K6XYZ[at]valornet[dot]com > Broken Arrow, Ok. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Coleman > ARS > WA5BXO > Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2005 7:35 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'Discussion of AM Radio' > Subject: RE: [AMRadio] The zeal to eliminate AM mode on the amateur > bands. > > Yes, it's true to some extent, for some it may be a hobby as > you > described but for a lot of us it is some thing that we look forward > to > spending a lot of time with and has become a very major part of our > lives and our families lives, some times to the dismay of others in > the > family. I am very fortunate to have the support of my wife in these > ham > radio things. She used to like to travel with me to meet the other > people but now days all we have time for is rearing kids and doing > scout > activities. That's not a bad thing, but we do look forward to the > future of not being locked down so much. Of course with the fuel > cost > the way it is, we may not do a lot of traveling to meet others in > the > future. > > John, WA5BXO > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Harmon > Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2005 7:08 PM > To: 'Discussion of AM Radio' > Subject: RE: [AMRadio] The zeal to eliminate AM mode on the amateur > bands. > > As bad as any of the mentioned groups are on AM ...and in fact > amateur > radio in general is the increasing difficulty of putting up a HF > antenna. > ANY HF antenna. > I am going through a lot of trouble to find a place to buy that > will > allow anything at all. > Yes, I know that I may have to have a home built but I really don't > want > to mess around with contractors. > You would think in all the millions of acres of nothing around here > that > hamming would be easy......wrong. > One more thing.....a hobby is something you do if you are totally > bored > and have absolutely nothing else to do. > I think most hams and especially everyone on this list that this is > not > a hobby. > I don't know what the hell it is but it is not a hobby. > > > Regards > > Dave Harmon > NSRCA 586 > K6XYZ[at]valornet[dot]com > Broken Arrow, Ok.
