<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the qrplist gang ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Hank Kohl K8DD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the qrplist gang > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Jeff Davis wrote: > >> >> Jeff Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the qrplist gang >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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. :-) > > Yeah, I do! It was 1958 and I was in the 9th and 10th grade. > KN3DCB, the Novice, and later that year K3DCB, the General. > There were three crystals, 3704, 3725 and 3743, a Globe Chief 90A and a > Hallicrafters SX-99. > We had no threats in the Novice band, and when the General came in the > mail, plugged a cathode modulator > into the Globe Chief and life was good! > > The ARRL is probably doing what they think (key word - think) is best. > Will they destroy Ham Radio? Probably > not .... at least in my lifetime and I have maybe 30 years to go if I'm > lucky. > > Are there things that irk me in Ham Radio? Yeah ..... > Are they going to stop life as I know it? Naw .... > > Will all the pactor and digital stuff take over the CW bands? I really > don't think so. And if they step on me, > I have, sitting to the right of the K2, a box that will most likely make > me a helluva lot louder than they are as I > politely ask them to refrain from operating on the same frequency that I > am on! > > 72 73 Hank K8DD > > > > -- > 'Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level then beat > you with experience.' -anon > >
Only one problemo with that last sentence Hank. Robot stations do NOT have the intelligence to do more than just wait until you are done transmitting your large power. And according to the rules that the ARRL are not asking to be changed, you would be violating FCC rules to fire up that high power station and jam the the robotic transmissions in order to get them to stop. And if that ain't enough silliness for ya, since the robots are allowed to transmit on the frequency you are using and are just behaving like robots do; they cannot be cited or fined. Ugly all around if ya ask me. Vy 72; Bob w9ya ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------
