Jeff Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the qrplist gang
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Bob, my supposition is that there's always a "crisis" in amateur
radio. Do you recall a time when folks were generally happy about the
hobby and there were zero threats to its continuation? I didn't think
so. :-)
I happen to believe that organizations, like people, operate with
their own self interests at heart. I go to work every day because
I've grown quite fond of eating and living indoors. The ARRL is no
different. They are in the business of preserving amateur radio. It's
in their own self interest for the hobby to thrive. If ham radio dies
we lose a hobby but they lose their jobs... so I would challenge the
sanity of anyone who asserts that the ARRL is "trying to kill ham
radio".
Of course, how they go about the business of being "of, by and for
the radio amateur" is always subject to question and I believe they
have made their fair share of boneheaded decisions about how to best
do that. But then, I've made a few mistakes in my lifetime too so I
don't tend to hold it against them like some do. On top of that, I'm
pretty immune to conspiracy theories and have a tough time believing
that the regulation by bandwidth proposal is the direct result of
some "funny business" for the specific benefit of 8100 users--an
inference that was made on QRP-L when things there were running at a
fever pitch.
Vy 73 de Jeff
On Aug 26, 2005, at 10:42 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the qrplist gang
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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;
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Jeff, KE9V
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