A magazine named UNPLUGGED is aptly named. Here is what I wrote to the
editor:
Hey man, did u get it wrong! Too bad you write without knowing what u are
writing about. Try not to embarrass yourself so easily.
You miss the main points of ham radio. Ham radio is:
1. a function that allows the general public direct access to the two way
facilities of the radio spectrum (with a small test) somewhat similar to our
access to national parks, to fly a personal airplane, etc. The radio
spectrum is owned by the world's population which should have first level
access to it. That is true via ham radio and CB and family radio, for
example. Commercial concerns have historically taken second place to this
rule. Would you get angry is a commercial logger stripped Yellowstone of
its trees and sold them for a profit?
2. a public service as proven thousands of times each year when hams
provide THE ONLY communication from disaster areas. enuf said on this
topic... if u can't grasp this point, there is no hope for you.
3. and it is an adventure. The fact that one can telephone to any place on
earth now is beside the point of ham radio. The point of ham radio is the
enjoyment of seeing what one can do via building the station and then
talking DIRECTLY to people of all kinds all over the world --by chance. It
is the chance encounters that are a major enjoyment. It does not matter if
hams are using technology as old as Marconi, the real factor is the
adventure.
Please in the future, obey the master dictum of writers: write about what
you know ONLY. Best wishes for a better future for your endeavors.
Charles Harpole
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Charles Harpole
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