[CW] ARRL MUST GET BETTER

[John/K4WJ]

Brian,

I bet if I polled all of the members of the local club I belong to asking 
what they think the ARRL could do to improve amateur radio I would get as 
many different issues as the number of people I polled.

I believe the ARRL does what it thinks the majority of its members want 
them to do. You and others don't fit that majority classification. I know 
they don't represent my thoughts on every issue, but neither does my 
congressman or senators. I'm going to guess that there were some CW 
operators back in the old days that fought RTTY. "Why it's going to ruin 
the CW bands." "They will be all over the bands with their crazy signals." 
etc...

Dissent is great if there is logic to support it.

Live with it Man! This Cosmos is dynamic, everything changes.  :-)

BTW, didn't you announce that you were quitting the ARRL once before? Or 
was it just a threat to quit?

73..de John/K4WJ


At 04:58 AM 03/06/2005, Brian Carling wrote:
>Guys - I have just received two solicitations in the U.S. mail
>from ARRL to renew my membership.
>
>I could easily afford it...
>In fact I have been an ARRL member since 1975...
>Here is why I will NOT be renewing after THIRTY YEARS:
>
>In my opinion the ARRL leadership team has been selling
>us down the river and refusing to listen to good reason.
>MANY radio amateurs have contacted our officers and
>representatives on this issue only to be met with a stone
>wall.
>
>I am so very sorry to have to give up on the organization that
>I have loved and believed in for over 30 years.
>
>They had their chance, but they ignored sound advice.
>They refused to even discuss it in most cases.
>
>Here is my explanation:
>http://www.af4k.com/Ham/dissent.htm
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73..de John/K4WJ
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