[Boatanchors] The ARRL's next move

[K5MYJ]

I got my Novice ticket in 1957. In those days ham radio was really a 
builders hobby for the average person. Even buying a Heathkit kit was a 
major expense.

We used to build projects from the ARRL Handbook or QST. We could by QST at 
our local Radio/TV supply where we could also buy parts.

We could take our time and buy the parts as we had money available.

Mouser and DigiKey don't carry a lot of the parts needed for tube type 
projects. eBay now seems the best source and you have to grab them when they 
are available.

I have a good collection of old (pre 1980) ARRL Handbooks and the QST 
collection on the computer. Sometimes it's just fun to read the old 
articles.

But today there is not much radio building other than QRP stuff.

Bob Macklin
K5MYJ
Seattle, Wa.
"Real Radios Glow In The Dark"
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "B Farrell" <bradk4rt at gmail.com>
To: "Boatanchors" <Boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, March 02, 2018 6:57 AM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] The ARRL's next move


> Isn't there already a radio service like that, FERS or GERMS or some such?
>
> I can't think of one rulemaking petition the ARRL has put before the FCC 
> in
> the past 25 years that benefited the Amateur Radio Service.  The League
> through the years has gone from one scheme to another, band refarming,
> license restructuring, etc., in the desparate hope that the change will
> swell the ranks of hams the League hopes will buy QST subscriptions and
> merchandise.  But has  any of it really served Amateur Radio well?  The
> no-code Tech license did bring in a lot of new hams, but how many remained
> active or renewed their license?
>
> I agree, elimination of the CW exam was brought on by a small group of
> whiners, but the ARRL's rep quietly endorsed it at one of the IARU
> conferences and then didn't ARRL have a stateside group submit the 
> petition
> to the FCC?
>
> What is encouraging is that I'm aware of a number of newer hams who are
> learning CW.
>
> 73,
> Brad K4RT
>
> On Friday, March 2, 2018, Rob Atkinson <ranchorobbo at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> There really needs to be a separate radio service established for
>> people who just want a VHF rig, and repeater for emcomm stuff and 2
>> meter CB etc., so the current amateur radio service can focus on real
>> radio technology and other affairs that have been the traditional
>> basis for ham radio.  And licenses for that service can involve
>> testing for CW and radio theory and so on.  It won't happen for a
>> variety of reasons though, one being FCC doesn't want more burden,
>> only less.
>>
>> CW test was eliminated by No Code International, a New Zealand group
>> of zealots who came out of nowhere and blind sided everyone with a
>> grass roots organizing of opposition that welled up in the IARU then
>> ITU, and suddenly there was no more international requirement for CW
>> testing, and FCC scrapped it.  Before that happened, a tiny minority
>> of Americans sued FCC claiming the CW test discriminated against them
>> because they had a disability of some sort that prevented them from
>> passing the CW test.  And before that happened the CW test had been
>> deskilled to where you only had to pass a multiple guess test about
>> what had been sent, instead of turning in a minute of solid copy.
>>
>> So to bring back CW FCC would have to get around the ADA.  Never going
>> to happen.
>>
>> Rob
>> K5UJ
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