Removing a "barrier" is the only hope that HAM radio has. Come on, in the 50's 60's, 70's CW was still cool, and we could introduce youth into talking to far away places on HF.
Now, with technology being what it is, the Internet has removed all "kewlness" of HF. Look at the average age of HAMS, it says it all. Don't take your organs to heaven, heaven knows we need them down here! Be an organ donor, sign your donor card today. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Ratcliffe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 9:46 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Court Injunction > But when 802.11 became "easy" it invited all the people to use it who > thought that 10 watt amps were a good idea too. Doesn't the more amateur > HAM users invite those who are less experienced to just crank up the power > rather than look at the engineering of their systems? Isn't removing a > barrier to broadcasting as a HAM (the CW requirement) simply inviting less > experienced, less responsible users into the band? > > Like look at the CB world, how many times have you seen someone with a > massive RF amp out there broadcasting over everyone else? > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
