Perhaps he is more familiar with MegaHurts. As in 'I feel your pain'. I believe it is unreasonable to assume that bureaucrats have technical savy just because they influence things of a technical nature.
There is no process of osmosis transfering technical savy through association. Even if there were, a politician would be imune to such a process. Lack of technical savy among politicians may be a blessing. They would only use it to massage the facts to support their political ambitions. Regards, Frank Kamp Kim Elmore wrote: > > Ooops.. What Riley actually said was "... don't know a megacycle from a > motorcycle..." I thought I'd get this right before someone else pointed it > out to me. > > Kim Elmore, N5OP > > At 09:19 AM 7/22/2004, you wrote: > >I have to agree with Don on this point. The current FCC leadership is a > >disaster for ham radio, and, I think, non-commercial radio interests in > >general. The FCC credo seems to be "If it doesn't turn a buck, it is of no > >consequence." > > > >Regardless of who wins in November, the current Chairman simply must go. > >There is *no* technical expertise at the top of the FCC and no > >consideration for it. As Riley Hollingsworth put it, when queried in > >Dallas recently on the technical problems plaguing BPL, there are many > >above him who don't "know the difference between a kilohertz and a > >kilometer" and don't care to know. > > > >The current Chairman is a perfect example of this. > > > >Kim Elmore, N5OP > > > >At 08:43 AM 7/22/2004, you wrote: > >>Regardless of the politics involved, there can be no question that FCC > >>Chairman Powell is pushing an agenda that is, without any malice intended > >>(I'm sure he hardly knows that ham radio exists), very anti-ham. BPL is > >>just the most widely-discussed example. > >> > >>The latest proposal the FCC is floating for a new way to measure > >>interference is more scary than BPL in my opinion. It is similar to what > >>the Feds have done over the years with air pollution control. They are > >>proposing to measure something like an "average of total interference" > >>across a block of frequencies. Then they would set a limit on that > >>"average" number that would be acceptable for each frequency block. I am > >>probably using the word "average" incorrectly. It's some sort of > >>statistical construct. > >> > >>But the implication seems to be that hams would no longer have any basis > >>for complaint about interference to their operations as long as the > >>average interference for the block that includes the bands in question > >>was being met. Not good. > >> > >>Naturally, the ARRL has protested (thank God and Hiram for the > >>ARRL!!!--otherwise our hobby would already be gone). But Colin's kid > >>isn't a good listener as far as I can tell. Like his superiors and > >>today's big business CEOs, he has an agenda and he's running it. It's > >>"Full speed a ahead and damn the torpedoes", er, ah..."interference." > >> > >>The fact is inescapable that Powell has been a disaster for ham radio and > >>there's no light at the end of this tunnel yet. > >> > >>73, Don Merz, N3RHT > >> > >> > >> > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of John King > >>Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 9:06 AM > >>To: Discussion of AM Radio > >>Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Pix of BPL hardware on utility poles in > >>Cincinnati > >> > >> > >>I thought Dave had intellect and CLASS, being a Collins Guy, but I was > >>wrong. . > >>----- Original Message ----- > >>From: "Mike Wells" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>To: "Discussion of AM Radio" <amradio@mailman.qth.net> > >>Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 8:50 AM > >>Subject: RE: [AMRadio] Pix of BPL hardware on utility poles in Cincinnati > >> > >> > >> > I wish we would keep the politics out of the discussion. I certainly have > >>a > >> > completely different opinion on who should be running things at the white > >> > house and it dang sure isnt Kerry or the Clintons. By the way, how do you > >> > know what Kerry would do? doesnt sound like he knows what he would do > >> > himself most of the time. > >> > > >> > Mike W0FD > >> > > >> > -----Original Message----- > >> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of David Knepper > >> > Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 3:37 AM > >> > To: Discussion of AM Radio > >> > Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Pix of BPL hardware on utility poles in > >> > Cincinnati > >> > > >> > > >> > Don, thanks for the pictures of "doom and gloom." I sure would hate to > >>see > >> > something like that in my neighborhood. I am really concerned that if > >> > the > >> > Republicans stay in office that FCC Chairman Powell will continue to push > >> > this technology. Senator Kerry would remove this individual and send him > >>to > >> > the unemployment line, along with his Dad. > >> > > >> > > >> > Dave, W3ST > >> > Publisher of the Collins Journal > >> > Secretary to the Collins Radio Association > >> > www.collinsra.com > >> > ----- Original Message ----- > >> > From: "Donald Chester" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > To: <amradio@mailman.qth.net> > >> > Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 3:03 AM > >> > Subject: [AMRadio] Pix of BPL hardware on utility poles in Cincinnati > >> > > >> > > >> > > Take a look at this incredible Rube Goldberg Contraption! Click on > >> > > "BPL > >> > > Hi-Res" for close-up photos. Note the electrical tape on the low > >> > > voltage > >> > > side. This junk even beats some ham installations I have seen. > >> > > > >> > > http://www.danielwoodie.com/BPLLORES.htm > >> > > > >> > > _________________________________________________________________ > >> > > Overwhelmed by debt? 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