<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the qrplist gang ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Hey Jeff and the gang;
Well Jeff, your remarks below of course begs this question: Do *YOU* feel that there is not a "crisis" with the ARRL at the current time concerning their "bandwidth proposal" and how it is/was being handled ? Vy 72; Bob w9ya > > Jeff Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the qrplist gang > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > John, > > I'm really glad to see that you have rejoined the ARRL. > > Your comments about hams being "militantly against doing ANYTHING" is > an interesting observation. I think *everyone* on QRP-L had an > opinion about the Winlink and regulation by bandwidth stuff but many > of us just chose not to voice it in that forum. When few people > joined in that discussion you and others assumed that no one cared > much about these issues. > > But if in fact few people cared, it would be pretty easy to > understand why... > > Frankly, I've grown weary of the 'perpetual crisis' that is amateur > radio. I mean, every day there is some new threat or crisis that > demands attention. It's been that way since I joined the hobby in 1977 > and from what I can tell, it has always been that way. From the Navy > Department not wanting to give the bands back to us after WWI to CW > replacing Spark, from the WWII suspension to SSB replacing AM. > From Incentive Licensing to No Code licensing, and now BPL to > regulation by bandwidth -- this is a hobby that always has a boogie > man around the corner waiting to ruin it forever. > > Take a cross section of just the recent posts on QRP-L and you see a > litany of crisis: > > - Dropping the code crisis > - Winlink 2000 crisis > - BPL crisis > - Dumbing down the service crisis > - ARRL sells us out crisis > - Regulation by bandwidth crisis > > And this all in a 30 day period on a list that is supposed to be > mostly about people building two-transistor transceivers that run on > 9v batteries. It's pretty heady stuff and after a while, it wears me > down ... as it probably has done many of the 300,000 hams who hold a > license but no longer get on the air. > > Sometimes it's difficult to find anyone who is actually happy with > this hobby -- at least on a mailing list. Apparently these lists are > just an electronic stage for people who would be otherwise ignored by > the masses to vent their frustrations. > > Actually operating on the air is different ... I can't recall ever > having a CW QSO with someone who wanted to bash the ARRL, fret about > BPL or discuss regulation by bandwidth, etc. That may be different on > phone, but I don't recall it on CW. > > I suppose there's a lesson in there, but no one will get it--at least > not on a mailing list. > > Vy 73 de Jeff > > > On Aug 26, 2005, at 3:52 PM, W2AGN wrote: > >> >> W2AGN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the qrplist gang >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> I know that this list has seen little activity, but I find it >> fascinating that after a tremendous flurry of activity, mostly 'I'm >> here, are you here?" type of stupid messages on the new, strictly >> moderated QRP-Z (QRP-Zero)list, activity has dropped to nothing. >> >> I also note no activity on Hamregs. As I said in my parting shot to >> QRP-Losers, the majority of hams are militantly against doing >> ANYTHING! I actually rejoined ARRL just to have a voice, although >> Bernie, who used to at least respond to emails, refuses to respond >> now. Haynie actually called me a "trouble-maker." Of course, as I >> said, the ARRL is NOT run by the Directors. The Executive >> Committee, led with an iron hand by Sumner, makes the decisions, and >> the BOD rubber stamps them. Even the President is just a >> figurehead, to go speak at Hamfests, etc. > > -- > Jeff, KE9V > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > On Behalf of Jeff Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Submissions: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - unsubscribe qrplist in > body Hopelessly Lost: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - help in body of > message Zerobeat Web Page: http://www.zerobeat.net > Brought to you courtesy of TLCHost.net http://www.tlchost.net/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- On Behalf of <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Submissions: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - unsubscribe qrplist in body Hopelessly Lost: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - help in body of message Zerobeat Web Page: http://www.zerobeat.net Brought to you courtesy of TLCHost.net http://www.tlchost.net/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------
