John wrote: Most of us are black box operators. We need regulations for the amateur service that specifies how our transmitters must perform, just like every other HF spectrum user...
----------------------------------------- That may be true for some, perhaps even "most", but a great many of us are Hams because we can build and tinker with equipment on the air, including our own designs. It's not just a matter of technical advancement. It's also a matter of having fun "learning by doing" building and using sometimes far from the state-of-the-art equipment. It's that freedom from regulation equipment and procedure that has set Ham radio apart from other services. I'd hate to see that change in spite of the occasional clueless operator. Learning to communicate in spite of some abysmal signals also makes us better operators -- another key justification for having our Amateur frequencies even for "black box" operators. Ron AC7AC ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
