John Champa wrote: > You would normally be correct. > However, again, the FCC does not give a %$#& about Ham Radio! > That includes the ARRL and all the celebrities you can find.
Licensed HAM celebrities? Isn't that counter-intuitive? Asserting that they don't care about their own hobby makes no sense whatsoever. The ARRL cares, they just appear to be "tone deaf" when it comes to the preferences of active Hams -- perhaps partly because they broadcast more than they listen and partly because more than half of licensed Hams are not members and are *never* polled. Perhaps if all of the ARRL scheduled broadcasts were changed to interactive 2-way communications (what a concept, a Ham organization using Ham spectrum to communicate 2-ways) then they'd really *hear*! The FCC also cares, partly because they have to and partly because Hams get better press than they do. That they often do not appear to understand the hobby does not testify to an absense of "caring". -- Thanks! & 73, doc, KD4E ... in sunny & warm Florida :-) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thank our brave soldiers this season: http://www.letssaythanks.com/Home1024.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ URL: bibleseven (dot) com
