On 12/18/2011 9:24 PM, MotoFox wrote:
And it came to pass that Joe from Kokomo delivered the following message
unto the people, saying~

Why is George Bush's CFL law "stupid"? (you do realize that the CFL bill
was signed into law by George W. Bush).

Ever tried to DX near a compact fluorescent light, or within the vicinity
of a power system that has a bunch of them on it?

Try doing that--go ahead, try it--then tell me if you still think it's
not stupid.

1) Yes, as a matter of fact I do DX near CFLs -- and I have no problems
with numerous CFLs and four foot fluorescent tubes in the ham shack.

2) In any event, with 700,000 hams out of a population of 300 million,
that's only .2% that are hams. Again, the savings in the use of foreign
oil, the reduction in mercury emissions that we ALL breathe and the
savings in YOUR electric lighting bill would seem to offset the fraction
of the .2% that are hams that DX. It seems you would like to have the
tail wag the dog...and to me, that's stupid.