[AMRadio] Petition to FCC for Lifetime licenses

[manualman at juno.com]

There is nothing, except wild speculation from people who have nothing
better to do, that would indicate that there is any consideration from
the FCC, or any other organization, that homebrew rigs would be banned
given that FCC would even consider putting forth lifetime amateur
licenses. That's just plain silly and has no basis in any real facts
relative to U. S. amateurs.

Next, we will be rehashing why we need Daylight Savings Time which is
coming up in roughly 2 weeks.

Pete, wa2cwa

On Sat, 27 Feb 2016 14:44:34 -0500 Oliver Steiner
<steinerviolinist at gmail.com> writes:
> Pete,
> The question under discussion isn't whether home-brew rigs are
> required. -- Of course they are not a requirement, nor should they 
> be.
> Rather, the question is whether home-brew rigs will be permissible 
> in
> the future!  My position is that to ban them would violate the very
> definition and basis of ham radio.
> 
> Ollie
> W2QXR
> 
> On 2/27/16, manualman at juno.com <manualman at juno.com> wrote:
> > There's nothing in the original 1928 "Amateur's Code" that says 
> amateurs
> > have to "homebrew" their equipment. It says "PROGRESSIVE... with
> > knowledge of abreast of science, a well built and efficient 
> station, and
> > operation beyond reproach". "Well built and efficient" can imply
> > commercially built equipment too. The "good old days" of amateur 
> radio
> > have evolved many times over the last 100 years. One has to get 
> over it
> > and move on.
> >
> > Pete, wa2cwa
> >
> >
> > On Sat, 27 Feb 2016 11:37:50 -0500 Oliver Steiner
> > <steinerviolinist at gmail.com> writes:
> >> I feel sorry for Australian, UK and Canadian ham ops.  The very
> >> concept of "mandatory use of commercially-built equipment" 
> exactly
> >> defines what Amateur Radio is not, and never has been.  It
> >> characterizes what Citizens Band is.
> >>
> >> Ollie
> >> W2QXR
> >>
> >> On 2/27/16, Donald Chester <k4kyv at charter.net> wrote:
> >> >> I suspect I am not alone in agreeing with K9FH and doubtless 
> the
> >> vast
> >> >> majority of those on this list. One of the prime reasons for
> >> "amateur"
> >> > radio is
> >> >> to promote learning and the way to do that is to construct
> >> apparatus.
> >> >> And
> >> >> just how will the FCC determine that my transmitter is 
> certified
> >> or home-
> >> >> made?  Enter the home and look at it? They don't have the 
> staff
> >> to
> >> >> enforce
> >> >> the laws as-is leave alone enforce such nonsense.
> >> >>
> >> >> - Jim Tonne W4ENE
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > There already exist entry-level  classes of licence in UK,
> >> Australia and
> >> > Canada, that require the mandatory use of commercially-built
> >> equipment.
> >> > I'm
> >> > not sure how they enforce it.
> >> >
> >> > Don k4kyv