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October 29th 03, 09:24 PM

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(Hans K0HB) writes:

(Len Over 21) wrote

Pity that the northeastern USA membership organization still
thinks it is the tyrannosaurus rex of radio when all it is is a little
lizard in an ancient back yard of morsemanship.

The snarly Una-basher speaks again. He must have been scared
(scarred?) by an ARRL diamond when he was a baby.

Tsk, tsk, tsk, you have to quit renting tapes of "Exorcist,"
ancient mariner. :-)

"Independence Day" is more your style. :-)

ARRL is in fact very California-centric.

There are more W6 ARRL members than any other call area.
Two of the fifteen ARRL Divisions are in California.
Ten of the seventy ARRL Sections are in California.

Ancient mariner, the ARRL Internet pages originate in the
northeast corner of the USA, diagonally oppoite California.
They couldn't be any more anti-west if they tried.

There are more licensed radio amateurs in California than
any other state because there are more US citizens in
California than any other state (one out of eight
Americans live here). The Pacific states are the center for
U. S. aerospace and electronics. "Silicon Valley" didn't
arise out any need for improved morse proficiency in radio.
Tektronix didn't start up to show RF envelopes to amateurs
and Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard started their place to
make good electronic instruments...for laboratories...only
much later did H-P evolve to more things.

Good luck on your study of voice-modulated spark
transmitters.

LHA