W1RFI
join:2003-05-12
Burlington, CT
| reply to rf_engineer
Re: Nice
quote:
The only ham bashing I've seen has been here on BBR, and it was going on way before the TXU deal and before Current's improved technology was available.
Actually, from the posts I have seen here, most have been reasonably supportive of Amateur Radio, listeners of international shortwave broadcasts and CB, the services most likely to be affected by BPL. All in all, hams have a pretty good reputation.
»p1k.arrl.org/~ehare/bpl/emcomm.html
Now, in some other forums, "hamster" bashing seems to be the best way to avoid the tough issues, or at least a way to try to protect one's investment until the price of their stock goes up enough to sell.
Now, look through a few of the links above and try to imagine that community deliberately lying about BPL to make a few "fat cats" at ARRL rich with more members.
In reality, ARRL's policy arm -- its Board of Directors, President and Vice Presidents, are all unpaid volunteers. The League has a paid staff, whose role and function is defined by its volunteer Board of Directors.
Ed Hare, ARRL Lab
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