I forget John Johnston's new vanity call, but when he was at the FCC he was K3BNS, and he was quite the enemy of AM.
Don's posting comparing U.S. and Canadian ham radio power regulations sort of stirred up a dead horse, until I read Phil's advocacy. >Johnston is retired and Glenn Baxter, who antagonized >the FCC in this >matter, should be fading away soon. Maybe it's time to >petition for the >reform of our regulations Prompting two things: This month's Electric Radio contains an article addressing AM's power shortfall, and provides a call for a reserved segment for our specialty. I haven't gotten my issue yet, but it's entitled "The 4% Solution" or similar. The other matter is Johnston. Those who've followed him may know that he's now the trustee of the Smithsonian ham station, NN3SI, where he continues his narrowmindedness against AM by refusing to allow the station to run this historic mode with vintage radios in their collection on display as part of a technology continuum. There has been some grumblings to have him removed as trustee of the station because of it, but the person who was the most provoked has himself gotten sidetracked and I suppose Johnston will become entrenched and that'll be that on that. Paul/VJB __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
