----- Original Message ----- Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Web page appears in opposition to RM-11305
> This over-regulation holds true for a lot of other realms in the U.S. laws, > but I digress. The problem is that we are so accustomed to being > incentivized, and over-regulated that we do not have good self-discipline > on the bands. What an insulting, condescending attitude toward your fellow Americans! Canada once had similar, although somewhat more liberal, subband restrictions. They lifted them a few years ago and guess what...NO CHAOS! Does one somehow become incapable of following band plans once he or she crosses the border into the United States? Are Canadians and Europeans somehow part of an amateur radio elite, while Americans are uncultured slobs who sit on their porches guzzling Pabst Blue Ribbon and peeing in their flower beds? Please give us more credit for that! Yes, we have our share of idiots on the bands. Maybe, if we had a little more room to spread out, instead of being crammed into narrow phone subbands, there would be less "stepping on" the AM window by SSB operators. I spend a lot of time on 160 meters, usually on 1885. If I hear SSB there, I invite those guys to join us. As a result, I have had many pleasant cross-mode QSOs and some of the SSB'ers have switched to AM! No turf wars...just good, old ham radio at its best. I for one am so sick of these self-hating American hams who think along the lines of the old "N-----s to the back of the bus!" mentality as far as our operating priveliges are concerned. Although I have held an Extra Class license since 1976, I feel that it is a second-class license vis-a-vis licenses issued by other countries because of these antiquated restrictions. Enough is enough! Phil Galasso K2PG
