Blake-
You may have a point.
Bill-W4BSG
----- Original Message -----
From: "Blake Bowers" <bbowers@mozarks.com>
To: "Bill Aycock" <billaycock@centurytel.net>; "Marlon K. Schafer"
<ooe@odessaoffice.com>; <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, March 27, 2009 9:01 AM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Equipment suggestions or donations
> HAM Tradition, law, and mores? Come on - just because Marlon
> takes a bath once and a while, don't blame him for violating HAM rules.
>
> (And before a hundred HAMS take offense, think about some of the
> people at the last hamfest you attended)
>
> Where in the post did he talk about breaking the law, intent to break the
> law? He did say two meter or 440 radio, but he never made one single
> comment about transmitting. I took it clearly that he was just going to
> provide the technology - not the operation.
>
> Without getting or requesting pay? Tell that to the many HAM groups
> that put in for reimbursement for operational expenses while operating
> an emergency, and get it. Tell that to the many HAM operators that
> get reimbursed expenses for state sponsored exercises.
>
> Where was the lack of knowledge about part 97? Remember, he
> NEVER said he was going to be transmitting, nor operating the radios.
>
> Lets talk about the age old HAM tradition of Elmering - rather than
> calling
> people out immediatly for supposed violations of tradition. Teaching
> rather
> than flying off the handle half cocked.
>
> Signing your call on email? Strictly a matter of personal preference. I
> could put down my HAM call, my GROL, my numerous commercial
> licenses, my drivers license, my short size, etc. None of those make me
> any better a person than the next person. Heck, if I was going to put
> down the title that I am most proud of I would sign every post with
> Grandpa.
>
> Blake Bowers
> Grandpa
> Dad
> Husband
> Fire Chief
> President of this and that organization
> Commercial tower owner
> Radio shop owner
> KD4RME
> Numerous other FCC licenses
> Lots of other stuff. (One must remember, its all just "stuff")
> Don't take your organs to heaven,
> heaven knows we need them down here!
> Be an organ donor, sign your donor card today.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bill Aycock" <billaycock@centurytel.net>
> To: "Marlon K. Schafer" <ooe@odessaoffice.com>; <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Sent: Friday, March 27, 2009 8:32 AM
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Equipment suggestions or donations
>
>
>> Marlon-- Thanks for the clarification.
>>
>> As you have probably noted, your post had several "Triggers" that were
>> contrary to Ham tradition, law, and Mores. In addition, there were
>> indications that you (if unlicensed) were about to break several parts of
>> the law we live by.
>>
>> We, as hams, are proud of our identity as hams; we can identify thousands
>> of
>> other Hams, world-wide, by our Callsign. Mine is W4BSG, and was first
>> issued to me, after passing a test on technology, legal aspects, and
>> skills,
>> at the FCC office in Boston, Mass., in 1954. In communications such as
>> this
>> list, we usually sign our calls. Since you did not, alert signals
>> automatically popped up. As it is, those signals were right-- you are not
>> a
>> Ham.
>>
>> Additional alerts were some of the indicators of a lack of knowledge of
>> the
>> rules we live by-- known as "Part 97 of the FCC Code". This is the law
>> about
>> electromagnetic radiation, as it pertains to Hams in the United States.
>>
>> Other alerts applied to ignorance of the Amateur ("Ham") tradition. One
>> of
>> the main ones is the providing of emergency communications without
>> getting,
>> or expecting, pay.
>>
>> Enough- You will hear from a lot of others, as I have noted on the list.
>>
>> Good Luck-- Bill--W4BSG
>>
>
>
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