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I agree 100% Sonwatcher. But when somebody says "Oh, I don't want to be a ham because they have all these rules and I don't want to have to watch my back all the time 'cause someone will report me if I screw up" all I have to say is this: it takes two to tango. Show the rules and the hobby a...

Re: This thread My Elmer always taught me to respect and obey the rules, AND have fun in the process. That being said, I think the guy deserved this because what ham in their right mind doesn't know to ID at least once every 10 minutes?? (Notice I said "in their right mind...the person in...

"an agent of the FCC's Philadelphia office monitored KB3GRK's transmissions on 439.850 MHz and observed that the operator failed to identify for nearly one hour in one instance" Hey, you want the ticket, you agree to play by the rules. One hour without ID is inexcuseable.

The ARRL is out for one thing and one thing only: the ARRL. Make no mistake about it. If the ARRL is so great, then why are only 2 in 10 licensed hams members? Answer: Historically, given the choice between robbing Peter to pay Paul (so as to increase membership), or doing nothing...

Something that I have found a little amusing over time: In '95, when we were testing for our 20 WPM, we held in awe the old geezers that could copy 40 WPM in their head. When it went to 5 WPM, I was on the air chatting with a newbie about the code and said "Yeah, I really don't use the...

Back in '94 I went from no-license to 20 WPM Extra in about 4 months. I thought the Advanced written was much harder than the Extra--in fact, the Advanced written was the toughest of all, IMHO, along with the 20 WPM CW test. The difference was that the Advanced written was all theory...

From the ARRL: FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Enforcement Bureau Spectrum Enforcement Division 1270 Fairfield Road Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 17325-7245 September 20, 2006 William F. Crowell 1110 Pleasant Valley Road Diamond Springs, CA 95619 RE: Amateur Radio...

Yes, but I own the premises. I supply the power. And the land. Do I not have any culpability for what my tenants do? Under the drug laws of today, property of a third person is subject to seizure if it is used in the commission of drug crimes, so it only makes sense that I would be at least...

Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't most leases have a clause that says something like "Tenant agrees to not participate in any illegal activity and said participation in such illegal activity will result in eviction and recovery of any damages, etc."?? I don't buy the argument that operating a...

Actually, the second URL is very interesting. A few threads back, we were talking about the "should hams rat out freebanders" issue, and I argued that as commission licensees, if hams knew something was going on and didn't report it, any subsequent FCC action against the violator may place...

http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2006/09/19/100/?nc=1

Let's not forget that the FCC operates outside the normal legal system, so normal legal definitions don't apply. In the hypothetical above, how would the freebander know to implicate Joe Ham unless the freebander knew he was being listened to in first place? True, but I believe...

"[Hams] have no more rights in the free bands than anyone else." True, but there is two big differences: A) Transmitting on the freebands is illegal. Listening and reporting what you hear is not. B) I would suspect that if a ham knew freebanding was going on, knew who was doing it...

Exactly. That is, until you offend too many people or hit them a little too close to home. Then you get banished.

You know, I find it a bit odd that in the last year or so, locked threads were few and far between. Then CWMorse gets banned, and then two locked threads in a row. A note to the admin: this forum isn't as attractive as it used to be. I could always count on this forum to be an open exchange...

I don't think it will go that far, but I agree. The only thing to remember is that the ARRL and W5YI has to get their cut of the test materials trade and the VE fees off of new hams. So I think there will always be tests to study for. It's just they will be so simple and pointless, my dog...

You're completely missing the point. Here's my point: "I don't want to learn the code (or can't, etc). So I think that I shouldn't be forced to take a test that I don't want to, and that everyone else should change their rules so that I can get my license." I think that's pretty selfish...

I don't. Take a look at the astronaut's calls the next time it's brought up. Sometimes they are nearly in sequence and almost always a 2x3 (non-vanity) call. Don't you think that with that many hams in one place SOMEONE would get a vanity call?? It leads me to believe that many of those...

Wellllll.....it might be that the reason behind this is that there are no HF rigs on the Space Station or Space Shuttle. There are lots of people who get their ham tickets (NCTs) just because it's there. EMTs, fire, computer geeks, etc. get them and never use them. I'd say that for...

http://www.cobra.com/index.php?page=shop/flypage&product_id=433&id=1 Wow...two references to the ARRL! This must mean it really, really, REALLY is a Ham Radio. Odd though, it still looks like one of them "non-certificated dual use CBs!!" As Bill Engvall would say "Here's your sign!!"...