Kim wrote:
This is simply an unfair assertion. It is not the ARRL's job to be the Omniscient Spectrum Protector. Most of the spectrum is not the Amateur's to protect.
I disagree. I asserted that the League has changed its role, and speculated on reasons that might have happened - not that the role of the ARRL should be as "Omniscient Spectrum Protector."
I see the role of ARRL as representative of the membership. And my experience has been that the membership tends to be interested in the entire radio spectrum. For example, many, many of the hams that enjoy operating AM also are avid listeners to utility and broadcast stations elsewhere in the spectrum. And I personally embrace the idea that the Amateur is a leader in at least the philosophies and policies of electronics and communications, and can offer guidance to all sides - a sort of liaison between the general population and the government and corporations on these subjects.
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