"John Smith"

This particular group of misfits with licenses do NOT represent ham radio.
Real hams can be found on 20 meters.

And that is where I am right now, BTW.

Dan/W4NTI
"John Smith" wrote in message
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Dee:

I am quite serious. Look over all the posts here. I see where most here
are rather anti-social, they don't have much ability to get along well
with "other children."

Frankly, I would be hard pressed to present the group here as a good
reason to enter the hobby of amateur radio and to enjoy an exchange of
spoken and mental ideas with others... I include myself in that appraisal
also, as I have been direct and to the point also... to do less would seem
a waste of time, both theirs and mine...

Indeed, some may even be able to see why the Chicken Band is preferable
some of the time... still, I am hoping the right people can and will
change all that--that is what we are really talking about, and these guys
know it, and fear it!

John

"Dee Flint" wrote in message
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"Dan/W4NTI" wrote in message
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wrote in message
oups.com...

wrote:
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_publi...C-05-143A1.doc

Ugly. Really ugly. But who of us in the PCTA camp, realistically,
actually had themselves deluded into thinking the FCC would take any
other path?

This "NPRM" is not "an opportunity to comment", it's an announcement
about the way it's absolutely gonna be. Period. They'll go thru the
NPRM motions only because the law sez they have to and they'll
patiently tap their fingers on the table until the deluge of desparate
commnents is over then declare the POS they published today a done
deal.

I agree with Dee, the only visible impact this latest "restructing"
will be is another quickie bubble of upgrades and nothing more then
back then the bands as usual.

I could care less about any of it at this late date because none of it
has any effect at all on me. I've been allowed to beep, yak and PSK my
buns off everywhere band edge to band edge ever since I did 13 wpm fast
enough for the examiner to make me a General over a half century ago.
With an annoying side trip in 1968 to do 20 wpm to reconfirm my abilty
to beep good enough to retain my privs under that particular FCC
"restructuring" brainfart.

Game over, I'm opting out of any further participation in any of this
BS. Seeya in the pileups on 14.020. Ya dunno how to do 14.020? Good:
Less QRM for me. Eat yer heart out.


73 de Jim, N2EY

w3rv


Rest assured the FCC is going to do whatever is easiest for THEM.

There may be a upward surge of new "Ultra Lite Extra's" (Did I really
say that???).....and in a short time the bands will still sound
deserted.

There is a lot more at work here then just dropping CW.

Check out the bands lately? Where are all those new "light" hams
anyway? Danged if I can find them.

All you that gloat over losing one of the glues that hold/held ham radio
together will rue this day. And no I'm not a stuck in the mud, cw only
operator, I just see the hand writing on the wall.

Lennie is happy now. He can sneak over to a test session and get his
General......

Dan/W4NTI

Dollars to donuts that he comes up with another excuse not to.

Dee D. Flint, N8UZE