That is good to hear. I was the president of my university ham club many years ago. I let my license expire due to ignorance of the due date. I have never bothered to renew it. I never made extra 'cause I couldn't do one minute of perfect copy @ 20 wpm. I had some mistakes.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Fletcher, W7RAF" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'WISPA General List'" <wireless@wispa.org> Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 8:26 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Court Injunction > You make some good points, Chuck, but you are wrong about one thing: The > amateur ranks have been growing like mad since the archaic CW (Morse Code) > requirement was eliminated. Also, hams are still experimenting and > innovating like never before as is demonstrated by the tremendous growth > of > SDR (Software Defined Radio) amongst the ham ranks. The Big 3 of ham > radio > manufacturers (Icom, Yaesu and Kenwood) are fast losing ground to the more > innovative ham-owned and operated companies of TenTec, Elecraft and > Flex-Radio. These same ham-owned companies are selling a lot of gear to > the > military, so they must be on to something. > > Hams are pushing the envelope in satellite and microwave comms as well as > digital communications methods which allow communications to occur at > levels > 30dB below the noise floor. > > Anyone who thinks we're a dying breed and "parasites" with frequency > allocations that should be reassigned to folks who can make "better use of > it" knows absolutely nothing about what's really happening in ham radio > today. Of course, people talking strongly about things they don't > understand is very common, particularly in election years. > > Rick, W7RAF > Extra Class and 1st Class Radiotelephone > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Chuck McCown > Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 5:32 PM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Court Injunction > > A KA has been a ham longer than a KD. > (assuming it is not a vanity call sign) > Long time hams have more passion for the subject. > > But really, I agree with almost everything said. Ham really has been > dying > for a very long time. > I just get bent when some WISPs take the entitlement attitude towards ham > freqs. > There are lots of PhDs that work in electrodynamics that are hams and > merge > their work world with their hobby world. > > Amateur Radio is Amateur like the Olympics used to be Amateur. > If anything they were the most professional people in the industry. > > I would hire a hobbiest ham over some guy with a certificate any day of > the > week. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Blake Bowers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> > Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 3:58 PM > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Court Injunction > > >> Chuck - why would that make a bit of difference? KD versus KA? > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
