Thanks Charlie While I do respect the chain of command as a former Air Force Officer, in this case the ARRL is more like a string of banana's. Have you ever met some of these Directors and what they call officers. As it says in all the books on executive leadership, the style, effectiveness and openness of any organization is a reflection of the leader who is at the top.
Only way to take on this snake is at the head. All the Best Ron Weaver W6OM www.qsl.net/w6om -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of charles L. Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 6:37 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [AMRadio] Trying to be nice Here's a copy of a letter I sent to my Section MGR in NC, N4IB. Thought I would be nice and start it up the chain of ARRL command and see what response I get. So far...nothing. Charlie in NC >Sir, Perhaps the opening salvos have been fired at you or somewhere up the line, but this IARU band plan proposal has a section of the community stirred up. The ARRL's love of lawyereze writing must be a sign of the litigious times, but why can't the ARRL just put it in plain english that AM operation is a legitimate mode, unrestricted in any phone segment? Why did it not object to the IARU band plan idea that keeps AM'ers on edge because it talks around the issue in vague terms. One section manager has already insulted thousands of AM operators, equipment restorers, builders, AND ARRL members, with his comments, then had to backpedal like a lying politician. To keep insulting a membership base, that probably has a per capita level of membership higher than any other group is bad business. AM operators have been forced to bend over backwards to operate on the bands. Talk about 60 meters being channelized? AM'ers have been channelized for years in order to avoid the conflagration that occurs when we venture off our gentlemens agreement frequencies. The ARRL just needs to support their members who follow this aspect of this hobby, just as they do the digital modes, contesters, and quasi official emergency responders in their hobby persuits. The ARRL just needs to come out and put it in clear writing that they support AM operation, that international band plans from IARU or anybody else should show AM as a legititmate mode of operation on assigned amateur freqencies, and thank AMer's for being the best group at sticking to the gentlements agreement for operating locations in order to minimize QRM, both radio and verbal. If the ARRL would just do this in simple plain english, not technize, not lawyereze, just AM, then it would not have to face the barrage it calls in on itself every time this topic comes up. Feel free to forward up the chain of command. Thanks. Charlie, W4MEC Henderson County, NC 38 years a ham, 37 years an ARRL member ____________________________________________________________________________ ________ Be a better sports nut! Let your teams follow you with Yahoo Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/sports;_ylt=At9_qDKvtAbMuh1G1SQtBI7ntAcJ ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:[email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body. ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:[email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
