[Boatanchors] The ARRL's next move

[B Farrell]

Here we go again:  The ARRL mucking about in the regulatory process with
another hair-brained scheme to grow the ham population and increase ARRL
membership and sell more QST subscriptions, books, badges, and t-shirts.  I
wonder who comes up with these ideas, the Board or its retained counsel?  I
wish the ARRL, a publishing company, would stop purporting to represent
amateur radio in Washington, but unfortunately there's no other option.

I have conducted a number of amateur radio portable operations in public
places through the years, as well as JOTA stations for Scouts.  In each
instance, the number one mode of interest to non-hams, young and old, was
CW.  They thought voice and digital was great, but it was CW they found
fascinating.

Brad K4RT
ARRL life member

On Thu, Mar 1, 2018 at 7:47 AM, Mark K3MSB <mark.k3msb at gmail.com> wrote:

> Why not just upgrade to General?
>
> Oh, sorry, stupid question……. It’s early morning and I haven’t had my first
> cup of coffee…..
>
> A year or so ago when the ARRL had their parks on the air program running,
> a local club from the Harrisburg PA area activated a tunnel that was
> somehow associated with the PA Turnpike or the old Pennsylvania Rail Road.
>  I noticed they had no CW listed so I sent the club an email saying I’d be
> willing to go along to do CW.   I said I’d bring my own radio, antennas
> etc.
>
> I was told "No!   The reason:  the public coming to the site would not know
> what CW was!
>
> 73 Mark K3MSB
>
>
> On Mar 1, 2018 5:43 AM, "Rob Atkinson" <ranchorobbo at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > It's kind of interesting that nothing is done to foster CW operation
> > in this petition.
> >
> > Rob
> > K5UJ
> >
> > On Wed, Feb 28, 2018 at 8:38 PM, Randy Berry <randyn3lrx at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > > Phone privies for Techs on more HF bands along with some digital
> > privies..
> > >
> > > http://www.arrl.org/news/view/arrl-requests-expanded-hf-
> > privileges-for-technician-licensees
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