I would move up there, you got free health care and so on, but its to cold for motorcycles!
I don't understand why hams cant have set frequencies all over the planet...the same ones.... Short wave broadcast on 40 meters? voice in the CW parts of the band? Brett N2DTS > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of EP Swynar > Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2007 9:11 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Old > Tube Radios; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [AMRadio] ARRL changes: League dumps threat to AM > > What the heck is going on with our neighbours south of the 49th > Parallel...?! > > You've seemingly got a licensing body populated by little-more than > did-interested, beaurocratic, career-oriented mandarins, headed-up by > politically correct toadies of big money & big > bu$ine$$...your largest lobby > group seems to be grossly ineffective of late in its ability > to grab the ear > of the FCC to make it listen, because it's apparently too > distracted by its > own agenda & internal empire building... > > I am NOT attempting to condemn you good folks, or put you > down, or set up > our system here in Canada by comparison as some sort of a > ",,,beacon of > enlightenment" --- nothing like that at all! But man-o-man, I > do feel for > you guys. > > It's like you're all alone in a cruel world that simply > continues to change > for the worst. Obviously politics & Ham radio do NOT mix...on > ANY level. I > only hope things might change for you guys soon, because you > certainly do > deserve better than what you've been getting for the past > several years, > IMHO... > > ~73~ Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bry Carling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service" > <amradio@mailman.qth.net> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2007 6:51 AM > Subject: [AMRadio] ARRL changes: League dumps threat to AM > > > > Thanks, Paul - excellent commentary from WA3VJB... > > > > The threat to operators of old tube AM and CW rigs is > > somewhat diminished. > > > > To expand and explain slightly - the part they DO want to keep... > > They now propose to destroy only ten meters, perhaps figuring > > that since there has been a long sunspot minimum, no one > > will be paying attention... > > > > http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2007/03/23/101/?nc=1 > > > > Wa3VJB wrote > > > > > The ARRL, a small, non-profit publishing company in > > > Newington Connecticut, has abandoned a threat to > > > impose a system of bandwidth segregation on the > > > various modes and activities on HF below 10 meters. > > > > > > In an email to the club's volunteer administrators, > > > Dave Sumner, the company's highest-paid, unelected > > > staffer, seems to have acknowledged the overwhelming > > > opposition arrayed against his group's plan the past > > > several years. > > > > > > The threat to AM was specific and unquestionable -- it > > > would have imposed the first-ever, numerical > > > constraints on bandwidth without providing a means for > > > licensees to ensure compliance and ward off > > > unwarranted complaints from those who do not > > > participate in this mode and activity. > > > > > > The scheme would also have characterized AM as a > > > "footnote" that otherwise would not be in compliance > > > with their misguided system of bandwidth segregation. > > > > > > Sumner wrote, in part, > > > > > > Quote > > > Regulation by bandwidth rather than by mode of > > > emission remains controversial below 28 MHz because of > > > perceived potential impact on established operating > > > patterns, so these proposals were removed from the > > > list with one narrow exception. > > > > > > Those who subscribe to the ARRL can pursue the full > > > text, which contains several insults and additional > > > patronizing language to those of us who dared to > > > question the scheme their group tried to slip through. > > > > > > Keywords: > > > --And for the truly paranoid > > > --don't know all the facts > > > --making their complaints and threats > > > --have other motives > > > > > > It is important to note that the club continues to try > > > to sneak through the small, remaining portion of their > > > scheme that opponents had not, until now, chosen to > > > challenge. > > > > > > Fresh opposition remarks about the fraction the League > > > continues to push are now being filed and accepted on > > > the FCC's Electronic Comment Filing System. > > > > > > The latest challenges join the carefully considered, > > > well-reasoned arguments that gave the ARRL a severe > > > spanking and refuted that group's earlier threat to AM > > > that they now have abandoned. > > > > > > This appears to be the system of feedback the group in > > > Newington prefers. > > > > > > Paul/VJB > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > ______________ > ________ > > > Never miss an email again! > > > Yahoo! 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