I just ran across something (2-3 days back actually) about the ARRL almost
secertely pushing through a new bandplan for Winlink, I think was the name. I
have read some others opinions before I made this post. One wonders why I will
not re-license and this shows why. I have seen the ARRL now, over and over, for
years now, seem to do some pretty underhanded things. It seems to me it is
always tied to a money flow some where. I know all to well what they did to
Rich Measures on here, and it was over deep pockets controlling what the ARRL
now does. I'm sorry, the ARRL is supposed to be for all the amateur radio folks
but when money is involved somewhere, it seems that things gets hushed, law
suits gets threatened, and stuff is done under the table. Folks wonder why the
membership is dropping off and this pretty much nails it. Before we had the
internet, where information flows sooo freely, keeping things hid away was 100%
easier. I started on the net about the same time I said by
-by to my license. These types of actions is the very reason they went. To
straighten it out, there ought to be a major house cleaning of the ARRL, and
the FCC. There's too many corporate and political fingers in there. The ARRL
should only be staffed by non-political, non business tied hams IMHO. This very
thing is the reason I dont see myself ever being re-licensed in the near
future. I just had to say something as I'd had this bottled up now for a few
days. Any comments are welcome.
Will
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