Text 11524, 64 rader
Skriven 2005-04-14 23:29:40 av John Massey (1:123/789.0)
  Kommentar till text 11520 av John Hull (1:379/1.99)
Ärende: Off to the Wilderness
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"John Hull -> John Massey" <1:379/1.99> wrote in message
news:9258$POLITICS@JamNNTPd...
 JH> 14 Apr 05 19:17, John Massey wrote to Sean Dennis:

 JM>> "Sean Dennis -> VERN HUMPHREY" <1:18/200> wrote in message
 JM>> news:9243$POLITICS@JamNNTPd...
 SD>>> *** Quoting VERN HUMPHREY from a message to SEAN DENNIS ***

 VH>>>> What part of the Constitution says the government has to make me
 VH>>>> do things for my own good?

 SD>>> Quit being a dumbass.  You know what I meant by that.  Please
 SD>>> don't play stupid.  It's required that you do it to hold the
 SD>>> license.  Either you do it or you don't.  680,000 other people in
 SD>>> the US have agreed to it. I was only trying to make a suggestion to
 SD>>> help.

 SD>>> I'm sorry I tried.  I evidently am just a sheep because I like to
 SD>>> be legal and hold a license.

 SD>>> Please don't bother responding.  After this little discussion,
 SD>>> you're starting to float down to Lee's level with me.  What the
 SD>>> hell the Constitution has to do with ham radio in this
 SD>>> conversation, I don't know.

 SD>>> Later,
 SD>>> Sean

 JM>> Sean,

 JM>> I hope you were just having a bad day when you wrote this.
 JM>> I have been following this a little and I don't think Vern was
 JM>> takeing a shot at you.
 JM>> Like Vern I have a strong dislike for a nanny government. I don't
 JM>> see why anyone should need a licence to buy or us a radio that is
used >    JM>for private comunication.

 JH> I think Vern has just been having a rough patch, like we all have time to
time.

 JH> The radio thing though, in my opinion, dates way back to the early days
 JH> of international radio, when ham operators were really the only thing
 JH> out there for long range communications.  That was tied in with
 JH> international rescue, ship to ship communications, etc.  That was why CW
 JH> was required.  It was the only universal language that everybody
 JH> understood in the days before english was made the international
 JH> language for ships and planes, etc.  It is still used that way today, so
 JH> there is no reason to change the rules.  The only real difference is
 JH> that today more people are involved from a hobbyist standpoint, and that
 JH> is an inconvenience for them.  Life is rough.

Point is John, why is it necessary to learn CW (I suppose that Morse code)
If I need a radio that will transmit voice out of the wilderness as part of
my plans to make my wilderness trip a little safer or just to call home and
check in, I shouldn't have to be licensed by big brother.

I can buy a wristwatch that can send an emergency locator signal to a
satellite, there should be a satellite phone or HF radio that will work,
even in Arkansas, that doesn't require the operator to licensed by big
brother.

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