Thread: Ham radio as a condition of employment
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Old March 3rd 08, 09:02 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.moderated
Michael Coslo Michael Coslo is offline
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Default Ham radio as a condition of employment
wrote:

1) It weakens the no-pecuniary-interest thing.
2) It creates a number of amateurs whose fundamental focus isn't
"radio for its own sake" but rather "something I gotta do for the
job". Which isn't good.


Especially number two!


One thing I'll note there is that at least one of the new "Emergency
Ops" guys in our area has become hooked on Amateur radio for it's own
sake, and assuming his test last weekend went okay, is now a General,
and is getting into HF mobile in a big way. He'll be an asset to the
service.

So that is a really good thing, but I still worry about the
"Professional Amateur" aspect


- 73 de Mike N3LI -

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