At 11:14 AM 1/26/99 -0800, Rich Measures wrote:
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>>Rich says:
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>>>On the other hand, this reality has the advantage of protecting us from
>>>hamdom's megalomaniacs.
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>>It does a lot more than that. If you don't have frequencies, you don't have
>>ham radio. The ARRL plays a major part in supporting ham radio at the ITU -
>>probably more than any of you guys ever realise.
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>? does this work anything like the IOC?
I don't think this deserves a substantive response.
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>>I have the privilege of
>>seeing some of what they do, and how well respected ham radio is because of
>>the activities of ARRL and IARU. Guys like Larry Price, W4RA, Frank Butler,
>>W4RH and Paul Rinaldo, W4RI spend a hell of a lot of time defending ham
>>radio at ITU meetings, including being away from home week after week. If
>>all the ARRL did was fund that activity, it would be worth it.
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>>I know what they do - I was in Phoenix for ten days two weeks ago with W4RH
>>and W4RI at an ITU meeting.
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>>The ARRL isn't perfect, but it's all you've got over there. Without it
>>you've nothing.
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>? Does the ARRL deserve credit for getting spectrum for hams in other
>countries?
Peter can probably correct me -- the last time I was involved with the ITU
and ham spectrum was at WARC-79 -- but the ARRL founded and was for many
years most of the money and expertise behind the IARU, which assuredly IS
deserving of credit for continuously defending ham interests at the ITU.
The IARU region organizations have become much more influential since 1979,
but without the ARRL the entire effort would be very much weaker.
73, Pete N4ZR
Loud is good
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