[Fists] ARRl Membership

[James Kimball]

AMEN AL,  I ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH YOU.....IT'S ALL
SMOKE AND ARRL DOESN'T GET MY SUPPORT/MEMBERSHIP MONEY
ANYMORE.

JIM/K9JXW  EXTRA HEAVY (EH)
"WITHOUT CW IT'S JUST CB"

--- ATanner283@aol.com wrote:
> The ARRL propaganda machine has done it's work well.
> They have a good 
> following of hams believing that they alone have the
> FCC ear, and they alone can 
> affect the future of ham radio. Do you really
> believe that if it came right down 
> to billions of dollars, that the FCC would give a
> hoot about what the ARRL sez 
> about power line interference?? Or ham radio in
> general?? Please note the 
> recent history of the ARRL and the FCC. The cold
> shoulder that the ARRL has been 
> shown concerning previous license changes,
> privileges on 60 meters, and this 
> BPL stuff is a good example. The ARRL is a large
> publishing house that dabbles 
> in ham radio, and is failing in both it's mission,
> and it's financial 
> responsibilities. They published that their pension
> fund is near broke. I just recvd a 
> dunn in the mail for money to buy new station
> equipment. Seems to me it wasn't 
> long ago a bunch of stuff was donated??? I know of
> no one who listens to the 
> "bulletin", as it is readily available on Internet.
> When my membership runs 
> out, so will I. It has become obvious to all but
> life members, who PAY NO DUES 
> and are therefore on a free ride anyway, that the
> whole she-bang is in danger 
> of folding in on itself. I have talked to folks a
> little closer to the bone 
> than those on the reflectors. I know it's hearsay,
> but if you do some research 
> you will find the truth. It's all smoke. How much do
> you pay for a measly RCC 
> certificate these days??? It COSTS 10 cents to make.
> How much do you think it 
> costs to get cards checked for DXCC honor roll?? How
> about WAS?? The checkers 
> are volunteers, whats wrong with this picture?? How
> much do you think it cost to 
> send all those delegates to the International Radio
> get together?? Did they 
> need as many as they sent?? They claim they were
> totally taken by surprise at 
> the Morse issue, but it didn't take the other VEC's
> by any surprise, and they 
> had their proposals before the FCC before the ARRL
> big shots got home from the 
> party. The ARRL did not respond because they claimed
> they had to find out 
> "what the membership wanted". Many regions did not
> poll, and those that did never 
> gave out the numbers. Do you REALLY think the
> majority approved this latest 
> fiasco. I think not, since it was a total surprise
> to everybody. Wake up and 
> smell the ozone. The ARRL is NOT the honorable all
> seeing all hearing all doing 
> entity in ham radio they would have you
> believe.......they are politicians 
> trying to protect their own butts. Why didn't they
> poll the vote if it was so 
> important to the membership?? They poll every other
> mundane move they make. Could 
> it be that someone doesn't want the vote known???
> Geeeeee........I 
> wonder.........Al W8FAX/2192
> Extra.....................heavy
> 
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