[CW] Latest BPL news--REPOST of INCORRECT message

[Chipn1ir@aol.com]

This is the first time I have seen qth.net meld an original post with a 
response, to a profoundly different effect. Certainly what was posted is not what 
was sent. Here is what I actually said:

"I appreciate that opinions are strong on this matter, and that is why it is 
good to know that cooler heads--BOTH technical and legal--prevail at the 
FCC.Some of these folks are hams, BTW. Active radio amateurs. You'd recognize 
their 
callsigns.

Now, a bit of history. Before the dominance of the 'continuous wave', radio 
was wireless (the first time) and wireless was spark. Spark was a modulated 
noise. It was extremely broad in bandwidth and incapable of being separated 
from 
other signals, save for slight differences in 'tone', and signal strength. 
Radio amateurs, due to their rapid growth in numbers, were, indeed, 
threatened to 
be shut down by the Navy (who controlled the ether at that time in the US).

The fact that the Federal Radio Commission--later the FCC--saw fit to keep 
the amateur service, is a strong precedent against your fear. It is 
hyperbolically stated.

Things do seem to work out, both historically and in real-time. It will all 
work out my friend.

73,
Chip N1IR"


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