Roger: I'm far from being anti US....... but I have absolutely no patience for those folks who seldom get on the air , and yet every month or so beat the crap out of the ARRL, or Winlink. same argumnets, same people, same results after 200+ emails later. And there are only 15 or so folks out of the thousands who are members here.
Yes they have the right as I do to be heard, and voice an opinion or 3 ........ but let's work on what's great about this hobby and advance it wherever we can. This is a worldwide hobby and digital radio is very much a world wide forum. I'm sure somewhere there is an ARRL specific reflector which would be a better forum for the incessant anti ARRL arguments. ditto for winlink. I agree with Steinar and others: let's get on the air and generate RF instead of this stuff.!! John VE5MU ----- Original Message ----- From: Roger J. Buffington To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2007 8:27 PM Subject: Re: [digitalradio] ARRL wake up ...... John Bradley wrote: > > Hmmmmmmmmmmm. Large number of rules sounds like suppression to me. > The right of citizens to experiment and innovate freely without the > government telling them where when and how would be a truly free > society. > > My guess is that the vast majority of non US hams on this reflector > do not feel supressed, but rather sorry for the US hams who don't > have the freedom that other countries enjoy. We can only hope that > the FCC and the ARRL will come to some understanding which would > enable and foster new modes and further the hobby generally. > > If you have been a member of this reflector for some time, you would > realize that this is the umpteenth time this argument has gone round > and round and takes the focus off what this reflector is really > about. There have been some great things happening here lately, with > all the interest in J65 and now the digital radio interactive sked > page, thanks to the efforts of many members. > > Why muddy these waters with ARRL politics? > > John VE5MU I said it once before, and I will say it one last time. Slurs against *any* country on this reflector or in any other amateur radio venue are absolutely contrary to the spirit of international brotherhood that has always been the hallmark of amateur radio. John, if you have personal problems, solve them. Don't bring your anti-US prejudices here. Having said that, I too am tired of the ARRL rant. de Roger W6VZV ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.6.2/780 - Release Date: 4/29/2007 6:30 AM
