If it wasn't for the ARRL exposing the BPL interference issues and taking the FCC and the BPL companies to task about the interference and noncompliance to current FCC rules and regulations, a number of amateur radio geographic areas definitely would be in worst shape today regarding BPL.
Pete, wa2cwa On Sun, 25 Nov 2007 08:27:39 -0500 Warren Elly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello Dave... > > been a member of arrl from before i got licensed...now 41 years... > I can't stand up for an organization that through my life has done > > nothing more than > build hurtle after hurtle for the growth and future of the hobby. > From the BPL disaster (can you just imagine how much of our money > > was wasted on that?) to the missed opportunities to expose amateur > > radio to the national media in the 2004 hurricanes, to the sad > litany > of licensing 'reform' over four decades, and the half-baked, thinly > > disguised attempt through IARU to once again > put the vintage community (30 percent of their membership by some > surveys)under the > boot, you'll never sell us that standing up for the league is in our > > best interest. > Too bad we can't just file a class action suit, but first we'd have > to > figure out what planet these people are on...in order to serve the > > papers > 73, Warren W1GUD ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
