Text 1842, 37 rader
Skriven 2007-08-05 12:26:14 av Richard Webb (1:116/901.0)
   Kommentar till text 1841 av Thom LaCosta (1:261/1352.0)
Ärende: any geratol net folks lur
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Hi TOm,

Thom LaCosta wrote in a message to Michiel van der Vlist:

TL> Personally, I think that unless hams here act more in the public
TL> interest and convenience, there is a likelihood that we will loose
TL> spectrum, and be regulated much more than we are.

IT's even more dire than that imho.  IF we don't act more in the public
interest, we may lose our frequencies altogether.  Look at the problems we're
having getting the fcc to listen to us on broadband over powerline.

I've said for years to newcomers and old hands alike that if you look in the
rules and regs, part 97, sec 97.1 states this stuff about public convenience
and necessity, and nowhere does it say "hobby" in part 97.  IT does use the
word "service" however.
Providing the service allows us to enjoy the hobby part.

having been where the rubber meets the road in emcomm work I'm also a believer
in properly trained operators.  Imnsho the arrl emergency communications
courses focus more on bureaucracy to the detriment of testing knowledge on such
things as circuit discipline etc.
YEs I"m a volunteer examiner and I"ve taken all three levels, and passed them.
IN fact, I quibbled with the so-called right answer for one of the questions on
level ii.  PRotested it!

Btw I'm a longtime professional musician who now operates a remote audio truck,
24 track recording and facilities to do mixing for live broadcasts. Maybe we'll
run into you at one of the music festivals <g>.

73 de nf5b


           Richard
... Amazing how much tape is on a 10" reel when it's not.
--- timEd 1.10.y2k+
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