New CB Service

Brian Carling bcarling at CFL.RR.COM
Mon Oct 16 13:07:20 EDT 2000


I can't agree with the editorial at qrz.com on this one though...

>>As the services blend, and they continue to do so, this is another step in that direction. We
have been witness to the arrival of the husband-wife team with the "Honey, pick up the kids at
the sitter's on the way home" type of amateur radio communication. Which it isn't. It is Family
Radio, and it is actually what Class D radio was supposed to provide back in 1958. That kind of
utility communication does absolutely nothing to further ham radio, and in fact,

My wife has been a ham since 1977 and worked hard to get her general class ticket - passing
the CW receioving AND sending tests as well as a thorough technical exam that ensured she
actually KNOWS something about electronics, radio, operating and regulations.

Yes, we have talked about mundane things on the air at times, as have countless other hams who
have family members who are also hams.

How on EARTH does such activity among hams do any harm?

The author sounds like someone who never had the joy of being married
to a ham!

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