Text 11542, 86 rader
Skriven 2005-04-15 06:24:30 av John Hull (1:379/1.99)
  Kommentar till text 11524 av John Massey (1:123/789.0)
Ärende: Off to the Wilderness
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14 Apr 05 23:29, John Massey wrote to John Hull:

 JM> "John Hull -> John Massey" <1:379/1.99> wrote in message
 JM> 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 
 VH>>>>> me 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 
 SD>>>> in the US have agreed to it. I was only trying to make a 
 SD>>>> suggestion to help.

 SD>>>> I'm sorry I tried.  I evidently am just a sheep because I like 
 SD>>>> to 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 
 JH>> time to
 JM> time.

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

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

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

No, the point is that certain levels of ham radio are still considered to be
official standards for certain things, and as such you need to prove that you
can meet the requirements of that standard.

Like any other thing that is an official standard, it has certain steps you
have to complete to obtain a licence.  Take CDL licences for example.  You have
to take a test for air brakes in order to get it, but you may never drive a
truck with air brakes.  Still gotta take the test to get the CDL.

Remember too, that this is voluntary.  Nobody is forcing you to take the CW
test to operate a radio.  But if you want to operate in this particular area
you have to qualify, which requires that test.

John 

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