I agree. Just get on and talk to as many as will respond. Our frequencies are still in jepordy.
Allen KA1KIX > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:26:52 -0500 > Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Is the novelty of the "new" 40mbandwearing > > > Probably the best way to attack this situation is, all of us who > > can, use all frequencies available. I am a extra so when I go into > > the shack to check for activity, I tune to 7.280-95 then down to > > 7.160 to see who is on the air. I don't make a decision about who > > to talk with by frequency. > > > > So if there is a good signal on 7.293, I will be there. I urge > > others to do the same and those who are Generals to upgrade if they > > choose. Personally I was a General (Conditional class) from 1956 > > until 1973 and saw nothing bad about it. I did the upgrade in 1973 > > because of the possibility of Incentive Licensing restrictions. > > Then I went to Advanced and stayed there until the next round of the > > FCC actions about licenses in 2000. I decided to get the Extra > > because I was tired of them fooling with my frequencies and > > privileges. > > > > So if someone doesn't want to change license class that is just > > great with me. As I said I don't make my decisions about my > > conversations by license class but by signal strength and quality. > > Knowing most of the people who posted to this discussion topic, I > > don't believe it was meant to be exclusionary, just an attempt to > > promote activity and to use frequencies most AM operators haven't > > been using for quite a while. Welcome aboard to all. > > > > Jim/W5JO > > I don't know why they even bother to keep the US amateur bands segmented > with all these subbands and sub-sub bands. The whole concept of incentive > licensing was obviously abandoned long, long ago; even the ARRL now publicly > admits that amateur radio is no longer a technically oriented endeavour but > a "communicator's hobby". The League even took most of the technical stuff > out of QST and squirreled it away in that separate publication that even > full members have to pay extra for, QEX, based on the notion that the > majority of QST readers would have no interest in technical articles. Not > only did incentive licensing prove to be a dismal falure in terms of its > stated purpose, which was to enhance the technical knowledge and skills of > the amateur radio population, if anything, IL after it went into effect in > 1968, *accelerated* the demise of technical experimentation, home-building > and AM phone. Just look back at any of the amateur radio magazines of the > pre-inncentive licensing era, 73, CQ, Ham Radio or QST, and compare the > content to what you see in CQ or QST to-day. > > Due to the present sub-band/sub-sub-band structure, large segments of every > HF band have turned into vast wastelands with no US activity, period, while > other segments remain overly congested, and much of the spectrum where phone > is used world-wide remains off limits to US hams and US hams only. It > reminds me of the Jim Crow South in the pre-civil rights era: when using > phone US hams are relegated to the back of the bus. > > We should simply go the way of Canada, UK and many other countries round the > world that have only a couple of classes of licence, offering "limited" and > "full" privileges. The limited entry level class would have limited > privileges not based on band segments, but perhaps based on maximum power > level and/or access only to certain bands or modes. That was the way it > actually was prior to 1968, when we had Novice (very limited CW privileges), > Technician (all privileges above a certain VHF/UHF frequency), and General > (full amateur privileges). Our sub-bands and sub-sub-bands based on such a > complex matrix of operator class and modes of emission is nothing short of > ridiculous, and no such a thing exists anywhere else in the world. > > Don k4kyv > _______________________________________________________________ > This message was typed using the DVORAK keyboard layout. > > http://www.mwbrooks.com/dvorak/ > http://gigliwood.com/abcd/ > > ______________________________________________________________ > Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net > AMRadio mailing list > Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html > List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Post: [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] with > the word unsubscribe in the message body. > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html _________________________________________________________________ Rediscover Hotmail®: Get quick friend updates right in your inbox. http://windowslive.com/RediscoverHotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Rediscover_Updates2_042009 ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: [email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] with the word unsubscribe in the message body. 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