[Boatanchors] ALERT: AM Under Attack - WA3VJB

[van lincoln]

other way around in Oklahoma...............(and Texas)

wd8aam

At 03:25 PM 6/20/2003 -0700, you wrote:
>
>  Classical music at 5000 watts ...
>
>  Country & Western music at 0.5 watts ...
>
>  WA6KLA ...
>
>
>van lincoln wrote:
>>
>> I'll vote to allow 250 watts max for any am religious broadcast
>> operation.
>>
>> and heavy metal station get a max of 10 watts.  and rock and
>> roll stations get 500 watts.  and 60's music stations get 5000
>> watts.....
>>
>> chuckle......
>>
>> wd8aam
>>
>> At 06:02 PM 6/20/2003 -0400, J. Forster wrote:
>> >L. M. Picard wrote:
>> >
>> >> I do not hold and have never held a "ticket".  One of the reasons is
>> >> that what is hear on the ham bands on the occasions when I scan them,
>> >> generally holds little interest.
>> >
>> >I agree on both points. I do collect some WW II systems though.
>> >
>> >> My personal belief is that a fresh look should be had into what amateur
>> >> radio is all about and why amateurs should be given access to the radio
>> >> spectrum.   Now that everyone has a cell phone or a family service
>> >> radio, the justification of a backup communication system no longer
>> >> exists.
>> >
>> >Absolutely wrong. Cell phones become useless when there is a big
>> emergency. They
>> >can also be government controlled too easily. This may not be an issue to
>> all here,
>> >but is certainly a worldwide concern.
>> >
>> >> I doubt many young people get their feet wet in electronics
>> >> through building ham equipment any more.
>> >
>> >Sad, but true. It is very difficult for any individual, no matter what hs
>> >resources, to match products from commercial vendors. OTOH, hams have
>> thought up
>> >new modes, etc.
>> >
>> >> On the other hand, the
>> >>  public cannot be happy with TVI and its variants, or the ham that makes
>> his
>> >> florescent lights glow at night.
>> >
>> >That problem is trivial compared to broadcasters. Virtually every phone
>> and radio
>> >near me picks up a 50KW religious station that preaches 24/7, and they
>> will do
>> >NOTHING to fix it. If I put a scope probe in the air I see 10 volts of RF.
>> What ham
>> >does that? I have to build anything electronic in a shielded box to reduce
>> the BC
>> >band EMI.
>> >
>> >> Much of the rag-chew activity would be better served by audio chat rooms
>> >> on the internet rather than over the air.   It is really not necessary
>> >> to broadcast information about armed service-related experiences in
>> >> various brothels around the world over international borders or stories
>> >> about one's personal struggles with gout.
>> >
>> >There is loads of trash and spam on the air. Much of it is downright lies.
>> Tune the
>> >SW broadcast bands and I dare you to tell me that much of the programming
>> there is
>> >not garbage and a HUGE waste of spectrum.
>> >
>> >> I would like to grant people the possibility of one-way broadcasting of
>> >> a non-commercial nature or even the right to broadcast music if they
>> >> chose.
>> >>
>> >> The current amateur service has evolved into a social outlet for a small
>> >> number of mainly aging males but serves any broader purpose less and
>> >> less.
>> >
>> >What about shutting up all the high power evangelical preachers? Shutting
>> one of
>> >them down would allow for thousands of hams.
>> >
>> >-John
>> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> If it is to survive, hams will have to agree to cough up more for their
>> >> tickets to pay for effective enforcement.
>> >>
>> >
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