Hello Gary:
> But a HAM radio channel does indeed exclude non-HAM people. That's not entirely true. Any person who lives in a country that permits the citizens to own and use shortwave receivers can listen to the shortwave radio transmissions made by radio amateurs. > Content can only get exchanged by fellow HAM users. That's true. Lacking a legally required amateur radio license, a person can not make a shortwave radio transmission and consequently can not "exchange" information. Keeper of the Primordial Bit (born of the Big Bit Bang), -= Ron Wiesen =- _____ From: M100 [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gary Weber Sent: Friday, May 06, 2016 02:15 To: Model 100 Discussion Subject: Re: [M100] my Model 100 facebook group > No, I'm taking umbrage at someone saying this group excludes Facebook only users But a HAM radio channel does indeed exclude non-HAM people. Content can only get exchanged by fellow HAM users. Shouldn't that be offensive by the same measure? I don't see the difference between these two cases, really. "I posted a really cool thing you can go see up on website X!" "Excuse me, but I *chose* not to be a member of website X. You should be ashamed of yourself for putting it there!" I guess I find this to be a ridiculous argument. Why did I join CompuServe back in 1986? I wanted access to the M100SIG. Plus, I even had to pay for it. Now, should the people who uploaded things into the M100SIG have been ashamed of themselves because it was only available to CompuServe members?
