Very well said.

73, de Lou K2LKK





At 03:50 PM 7/21/2005 -0600, you wrote:
>    >Amateur radio is a hobby dedicated to communications
>    >through radio devices and which is regulated by licensing but
>    >availible to all citizens regardless of their race age sex bla bla
>    >bla, which, as it happens, is what the CB band happens to be,
>Message-Id: <20050721155137.FCWH3347.ibm60aec.bellsouth.net@[68.212.100.190]>
>
>I guess I"m reading too many journals etc. devoted to emergency and
>disaster communications, but one point made recently by the editor of
>emcom, www.emcomm.org happens to be one I agree with.  HE says:
>
>COMMENT:  Well OM, I'm sure you mean well.  You can have all the concern =
>in the world and get hundreds of hams to write letters, but as long as =
>you continue to refer to the amateur service (Part 97.1) as "a hobby",  =
>you will gather very little (if any) sympathy from non-hams.  The =
>telecommunication industry promoters that are lobbying for BPL (as well =
>as the FCC and other regulatory agencies), do not give a rat's ass about =
>someone's "hobby".  Years ago I had a retired FCC Field Officer tell me =
>that in every single case or hearing, where he was called to testify =
>before a federal administrative law judge, where the ham involved =
>referred to the amateur service as "a hobby";  the judge immediately =
>ruled against the ham no matter what the issue was before him.  The FCC =
>Officer said that the standard answer from judges was:  "This court has =
>no jurisdiction or interest in someone's hobby.  Case dismissed!"  As =
>long as hams and amateur organizations see the amateur service as "only =
>a hobby"...we are all doomed.  All hams need to read FCC part 97.1 and =
>learn why we have our amateur privileges.
>
>Just some food for thought I thought to throw out there with my first
>cup of coffee.
>
>73 de nf5b
>
>
>
>Richard Webb
>
>Electric Spider Productions
>                                             "They that can give up
> essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
>safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
>--- Benjamin Franklin, NOvember 1755 from the
>Historical review of Pennsylvania

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