notice how after dominco got this all stired up, he stops participating. cant wait until he funds the launch of a heo for us.
73...bruce Sent from my iPhone On Oct 24, 2011, at 6:36 PM, Gregg Wonderly <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 10/24/2011 11:44 AM, Diane Bruce wrote: >> On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 05:21:34PM +0100, Gordon JC Pearce wrote: >>> On Mon, 24 Oct 2011 13:05:22 +0200 >>> "i8cvs"<[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Hi Kevin, KF7MYK >>>> >>>> The official Definitios given by IARU ( the International Amateur Radio >>>> Union) for the Amateur Service and the Amateur-Satellite Service are the >>>> following : >>> >>> And here you make an excellent point - there's no use trotting out the FCC >>> regulations, because they are irrelevant. If the FCC and ARRL want to turn >>> amateur radio into "all emcomm, all the time" then that's great. Don't >>> pollute *my* enjoyment of the hobby with that rubbish, though. >>> >>> The IARU trumps the FCC. >> >> Amateur radio is a fun hobby, don't pretend it is a police ancillary >> service, that was never the intent. If you happen to be with >> radio and you can help it is your obligation to help. > > The Amateur Radio service is the service. The FCC regs say that. I you take > your equipment, knowledge (knowledge is required) and skills to use as a > hobby, more power too you. But Amateur Radio is not "just a HOBBY". There > are services which you can and should provide as your skills and knowledge > allow you to. Making a choice to not participate in the service part, is > your choice, no one can make you do that. But, how other amateurs see you > and treat you may be driven by your desire to "just have a HOBBY" and ride > the coat tails of the others who are making the service really be a value to > your community. > > EMCOMM is something that we all have opportunities to help with. Many times, > you may not be needed. But, it's another aspect of your skill set that you > can improve on through experience. If you just want to rag chew and consume > a frequency, then you can do that. But it is little effort to occasionally > sign up for an EMCOMM or community event and provide some help so that others > who want to sit down and ragchew and enjoy the HOBBY part of their lives can > do that too. > > Gregg Wonderly > W5GGW > _______________________________________________ > Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
