[CW] W1AW's thoughts on the ARRL

[George, W5YR]

Emails do cross, don't they?  <:}

I don't know where I stand, David, to tell the truth. I used to take pride
in my First Phone - never needed the telegraphy licenses - but outside of a
wall ornament now, it really means nothing. I take more pride in my Amateur
Extra - one of the first ten issued out of the Dallas FCC office in 1954 - I
know the exam was much harder!   <:}

ARRL has become a business rather than a fraternal organization with lofty
ideals and practices. Perhaps in today's environment with the FCC and
Washington in general that is the only road to preservation and survival. It
appalls those of us who began "back in the good old days" but beyond our
vote in the "representative democracy" we have with ARRL, there is little
the individual can do.

I don't know that I come down on the CW issues quite as hard as you but
having been close to CW  for nearly six decades now,both as a ham and a
professional CW instructor, it is painful to see the skill and art slowly
vanish from the amateur bands. Perhaps enough of us will last a bit longer
to keep things going.

Meanwhile, hold good thoughts for us all and keep well.

73, George W5YR
w5yr@att.net


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David J. Ring, Jr." <n1ea@arrl.net>
To: "George, W5YR" <w5yr@att.net>; <cw@mailman.qth.net>
Cc: "Anthony W. DePrato" <wa4jqs@mikrotec.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2004 3:37 PM
Subject: Re: [CW] W1AW's thoughts on the ARRL


> George,
>
> I didn't get your later email - until I uploaded my answer.  I didn't get
> Tony's either!
>
> I spoke to K1ZZ - Dave Sumner of ARRL in 1986 when the "forces of
> Washington" were hot and heavy about getting rid of the Radio Operators at
> AM/FM/TV stations.  He said that ARRL couldn't get involved because it
would
> loose it's not-for-profit status.  But I predicted that within 20 years
> there would be no "ham radio" as we knew it, nor would there be any ham
> radio at all after 10 years after they got rid of CW at sea (which
happened
> later in 1999).
>
> I mentioned some very disturbing things to him - things that would have
> never happened before:  the FCC accepting top loading verticals for 500
kHz
> as being equal (FCC engineers say that was a mistake...) so they could get
> rid of the task of taking down the long wire on container ships.  The
often
> quoted idiotic statement "Over 70% of distress signals sent by Morse Code
go
> unheard" - which was said by a person that gave ARRL a voice at ITU and
> other organizations.  Of course, if the signals go "unheard" how are they
> tallied?
>
> But such things went unchallanged, and the liars continued to violate.
>
> I believe there comes a time to stand up to such violence and demand
justice
> and honor.
>
> 73
>
> David Ring, N1EA
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "George, W5YR" <w5yr@att.net>
> In many ways, I  have been disappointed to see ARRL change over the years
> from those virgin  beginnings, but "the times they are a'changin'" to
quote
> the popular folk  song.
> >
> > 73, George W5YR
> > w5yr@att.net
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Anthony W. DePrato" <wa4jqs@mikrotec.com>
> > To: "George, W5YR" <w5yr@att.net>
> > Cc: <cw@mailman.qth.net>
> > Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2004 1:45 PM
> > Subject: Re: [CW] W1AW's thoughts on the ARRL
> >
> >
> > > George :
> > > yes that is true but what i was speaking of was his views as to why
the
> > > arrl came about in the first place. and those ideals still hold true
> today
> > > or at least they should.
> > > yes times change and groups have to update but the building blocks of
> what
> > > a group or a country were build upon should never change.
> > > with respect
> > > Tony wa4jqs
> > >
> > > Anthony W. DePrato WA4JQS
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