james wrote:
On Sun, 10 Jul 2005 13:54:46 -0400, "Tim"
wrote:


+Seeing 50 & 60 year old men paste "ARRL Member" stickers
+all over their cars, then go out on the highway and chase truck
+drivers around to see what frequency they are on, has got to one
+of the most hilarious things anyone has ever seen.
+
+Tim

******

Better yet 4 older hams on a 2 meter repeater on a saturday morning
discribing their heart attacks. How long they were in intensive care
and how much mobility they have lost.

james

So did anyone hold a gun to you to make you listen?

On Sun, 10 Jul 2005 18:47:32 -0400, Mike Coslo wrote:

sunnavagun!


- Mike KB3EIA -

Wow. He has a copyright on "sunnavagun" I'll bet; or maybe a it's an
obsession. Either way, he sure thinks he's being perspicacious while
everyone else thinks he's being repetitious.

Get a new word, Droid.

On Sun, 10 Jul 2005 13:54:46 -0400, "Tim"
wrote:

+Seeing 50 & 60 year old men paste "ARRL Member" stickers
+all over their cars, then go out on the highway and chase truck
+drivers around to see what frequency they are on, has got to one
+of the most hilarious things anyone has ever seen.
+
+Tim
******

Better yet 4 older hams on a 2 meter repeater on a saturday morning
discribing their heart attacks. How long they were in intensive care
and how much mobility they have lost.

james

running dogg wrote:
Cmd Buzz Corey wrote:


james wrote:

On Sun, 10 Jul 2005 13:54:46 -0400, "Tim"
wrote:



+Seeing 50 & 60 year old men paste "ARRL Member" stickers
+all over their cars, then go out on the highway and chase truck
+drivers around to see what frequency they are on, has got to one
+of the most hilarious things anyone has ever seen.
+
+Tim

******

Better yet 4 older hams on a 2 meter repeater on a saturday morning
discribing their heart attacks. How long they were in intensive care
and how much mobility they have lost.

james

So did anyone hold a gun to you to make you listen?


I, personally, would be bored silly-probably a main reason why I never
felt motivated to become a ham. (I'm posting from rec.radio.shortwave.)

Well, if you were listening to something that boring to you, you
probably have enough sense to change to another repeater or turn the
radio off. James evidently can't do that. (I'm posting from my chair).

Cmd Buzz Corey wrote:

james wrote:
On Sun, 10 Jul 2005 13:54:46 -0400, "Tim"
wrote:


+Seeing 50 & 60 year old men paste "ARRL Member" stickers
+all over their cars, then go out on the highway and chase truck
+drivers around to see what frequency they are on, has got to one
+of the most hilarious things anyone has ever seen.
+
+Tim

******

Better yet 4 older hams on a 2 meter repeater on a saturday morning
discribing their heart attacks. How long they were in intensive care
and how much mobility they have lost.

james

So did anyone hold a gun to you to make you listen?

I, personally, would be bored silly-probably a main reason why I never
felt motivated to become a ham. (I'm posting from rec.radio.shortwave.)


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beerbarrel wrote:
On Sun, 10 Jul 2005 00:27:25 -0500, "Who Needs The ARRL?"
JIm@GuessWho wrote:

The ARRL is not a necessary institution these days. It is self-propagating,
demands hefty dues and represents less than half of the licensed Amateurs in
the United States.
Besides, what does one get for the $40.00 per annum (or is it more?) fee? A
glossy magazine rife with advertisements? Admission to 'private' sections of
the ARRL web site? A monthly 'bulletin' sent to your email address? (more
spam)
Oh, wait. ARRL members get to vote on proposed rule changes, too. As if the
FCC has ever given that much credence.

I guess there are still some old warhorses out and about who feel that it is
a mark of distinction to have the ARRL logo on their QSL cards...especially
those who boast of being part of the elite few, the proud, the Life Members.

One could likewise spend their Amateur Radio $$ on bigger and better things,
such as paying good money after bad to join the Ten Ten Club, yet another
wasteful expenditure of hard-earned money. Why not start a Twenty-Twenty
Club? One could double the dues paid to the Ten Ten Club and claim twice the
elitism.
The Twenty-Twenty Club could do as the Ten-Tenners do...refuse to speak with
those not a member of their snooty group. Double the frequency, double the
elitism.

CQ Contest, anyone?




So, what is your stance? Seems like you think they should be done away
with? Is that true?

What is your recommendation for a replacement? Do you have any
solution at all?

If you are not a part of the solution then you are part of the
problem! I love folks that whine and cry. It is usually what they do
best.

Imperfect though it is, the ARRL is the only voice the ham hobby has
these days. It would be a very poor idea to do away with the ARRL
without having something better to replace it.

The ARRL does need to refocus it's efforts toward attracting newer
younger members to the hobby if it is to survive long term. The hobby
won't survive if its quasi-regulator continues to do treat amateur
radio as though it operates in the heyday that was the 1950's.

On Sun, 10 Jul 2005 19:20:35 -0400, Cmd Buzz Corey
wrote:

+james wrote:
+ On Sun, 10 Jul 2005 13:54:46 -0400, "Tim"
+ wrote:
+
+
++Seeing 50 & 60 year old men paste "ARRL Member" stickers
++all over their cars, then go out on the highway and chase truck
++drivers around to see what frequency they are on, has got to one
++of the most hilarious things anyone has ever seen.
++
++Tim
+
+ ******
+
+ Better yet 4 older hams on a 2 meter repeater on a saturday morning
+ discribing their heart attacks. How long they were in intensive care
+ and how much mobility they have lost.
+
+ james
+
+So did anyone hold a gun to you to make you listen?
*******

No. I laughed through the whole thing.

james

On Sun, 10 Jul 2005 22:01:43 -0400, Cmd Buzz Corey
wrote:

+Well, if you were listening to something that boring to you, you
+probably have enough sense to change to another repeater or turn the
+radio off. James evidently can't do that. (I'm posting from my chair).
*****

Actually found it boring and funny in a wierd way.

I guess at 7:30 am while drinking my coffee, I had nothing better to
do myself.

james

james wrote:
On Sun, 10 Jul 2005 22:01:43 -0400, Cmd Buzz Corey
wrote:


+Well, if you were listening to something that boring to you, you
+probably have enough sense to change to another repeater or turn the
+radio off. James evidently can't do that. (I'm posting from my chair).

*****

Actually found it boring and funny in a wierd way.

I guess at 7:30 am while drinking my coffee, I had nothing better to
do myself.

james

You must lead a boring life.

Dave Holford wrote:
One could likewise spend their Amateur Radio $$ on bigger and better things,
such as paying good money after bad to join the Ten Ten Club, yet another
wasteful expenditure of hard-earned money. Why not start a Twenty-Twenty
Club? One could double the dues paid to the Ten Ten Club and claim twice the
elitism.
The Twenty-Twenty Club could do as the Ten-Tenners do...refuse to speak with
those not a member of their snooty group. Double the frequency, double the
elitism.



Double the 'frequency' ??


What do you expect from a cber?