Too much assuming going on on this whole issue I think.
To many unknown facts to make fair judgments.
Carl K8AV
Jeffrey Davis wrote:
On Jun 29, 2006, at 6:56 PM, Gary McClellan wrote:
Just like the feds are funding ops from the GI's operating from
Iraq and Afghanistan? Uncle Sam pisses away millions of more bux
than this little op they guys managed to get landing permission for
while doing contract work. This is one of the few times I can say
my tax dollars did some freakin' good for me for a change. Cripes.
Egos be damned.
Egos? Iraq and Afghanistan. Huh?
I'm just trying to sort this out ... from what I've read, two guys who
are government contractors weasel a free trip (on Uncle Sam) to a place
where they probably shouldn't be - at least not for ham radio
operating, all in the name of "government work". About the time their
little operation gets rolling, somebody in West Virginia rats them out.
Weasel a "free trip" Am I missing something here? These guys do
contract work in the employ of a subcontractor if I understand things
correctly. Many DX ops from rare and not so rare do, the fact is they
had a valid reasonn to be there and needed NO authorization other than
their US amateur licenses to opearate. Boy, waht a "luxury trip" we
taxpayers paid for.
Meanwhile, the response of many of the leading DXers in the US seems to
be to "get even" with the guy who ratted the operation out with
somewhat less concern for condemning the ill-advised nature of the
operation and how this might endanger future DXpeditions.
"Ill advised"? Am I missing something here? The person
who made it a federal case (ego) is the one who caused the damage in
this case.
Have I summed it up correctly or am I missing something?
No and Yes. Sorry we diagree Jeff..
73, Gary K7ZD
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