Brian - Try going back 10 years before that - you're looking at the last *RENEWAL* - the KC prefix was filled back in 1991 -92
and your incorrect categorization of a "newbie tech" is excatly why people don't become hams, and exactly why hams loose spectrum to corporations who will make use of it. Oversimplified. But people who stereotype and discriminate against a person based on a date / callsign (especially when they are dead wrong) just contribute to a bad reputation for all hams, not just yourself. Pat yourself on the back. You've demonstrated the problem with about 10% of the ham population which pisses off the other 90% I used to get upset when the FCC took away 220 mhz and made it commercial, and when they filled 900 with cordless phones, but I didn't own a 220 radio, and I didn't own a 900 radio, so I was in a poor position to argue why the FCC souldn't take away unused spectrum and make good out of it. More people benefit today from 900 and 2.4 G than if those bands had remained ham exclusive. The FCC gave hams those bands, and with the prevalent ham attitudes, not enough people used the frequencies to justify keeping them reserved for ham use. I distinctly recall a new amateur I had encouraged to go take his test and took him to the VEC. (back when you had to wait to get your callsign) When he finally went on the air and was cast aside as a newbie immediately, his response was - "geez - these guys are real jackasses. And I took that test and waited forever to get this piece of paper only to be cast out of the old boys club? Anyone want to buy a slightly used yaesu 470?" People like you are the problem. Someday the FCC will take a long hard look at it and decide 2 meters will make a nice FRS band. Just kidding. > > > Lotta huffin, puffin, and white noise for a newbie Tech! > > > On 10/11/03 15:32, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > As for your comment abot me really being a ham - do some investigative > > work. Look in the book like hams do. I don't go sticking random > > numbers and letters that the government gave me after my name. > > I have a name, not a number. > > > Call: KC6TCM Class: Technician > > BASHAM, EVERETT F > 1143 CRESPI DR > SUNNYVALE, CA 94086 > > Issued: 01/04/2001 > Expires: 04/02/2011 > Effective: 01/04/2001 > Last Change: 01/04/2001 > > FCC ID Num: 460642 > Licensee ID: L00311634 > FRN: 0004643458 > > County: Santa Clara County > > -- > general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> > [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
