[Milsurplus] [ARC5] Fair Radio pulling the plug.

[Jim Whartenby]

Look at the numbers.  There are approximately 760,000 licensed hams in the US,  That is perhaps 0.2% of the population.  More respect comes with higher numbers so perhaps get involved with schools and libraries and set up displays to advertise the hobby?  Jim
Logic: Method used to arrive at the wrong conclusion, with confidence.  Murphy 

    On Friday, August 4, 2023 at 09:22:51 AM CDT, mstangelo at comcast.net <mstangelo at comcast.net> wrote:  
 
   Agreed. If you read the FCC notice about charging fees for Amateur Radio licenses they state that they no longer consider Amateur Radio an Emergency Service.       When I moved to my town I joined RACES. I found out the town EMS allocated auxiliary tasks to RACES such as picking up the coffee and donuts for the "professionals".       Technology has advanced at an exponential pace (Moore's Law) since I started in the hobby 50 years ago. The frequency spectrum went from being an resource for the citizens to the business model of auctioning it to the highest bidder. Software is the name of the game today.       Mike N2MS  
  On 08/04/2023 6:00 AM EDT David Stinson <arc5 at ix.netcom.com> wrote:           A reason we're withering- Uncle Scam doesn't   see us as an asset any more. In fact, factions   in the Federal government see us as a liability-   "fill-in-the-blank-o-phobes" with the ability   to broadcast (with probably six people in the   whole world listening; such a threat- but don't   expect Uncle Scam to think things through   unless he can skim a dime).       Several years ago, I was speaking with an FCC   person who, while a good guy, was brutally frank   about Washington's attitude toward spending any   significant money and/or time on ham radio:   "Why should we spend money and time on   a bunch of dying old men in a dying old hobby   about a dead technology?" OUCH.   I know; "all good things," but day-ummmm.       IMHO, Washington does, however, see our bands   as an asset. Soon as they find a way to   get a nickel from it and a satisfactory   money-laundering scheme to fit,   they'll sell them out from under us.       Dave S.  
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