Hi All:
I went to the Baton Rouge Hamfest this weekend. Attendance was down from last
year but we had a really good ARRL Forum. Overall, it seemed that the folks
were in favor of our bandwidth proposal, but they were against WL2000. In fact,
I didn't hear one positive comment about WL2000 but heard numerous positive
comments about our proposal. That got me to thinking back to other
conversations I've had with folks about all this.
Here's is what I've run into with some conversations:
Ham: "Hi Rick! Good to see you again"
Rick: "Hey, great to see you, too. Hope all is well."
Ham: "You know, Rick, I've read about that EC proposal and I understand we
need to change, and I think it's OK."
Rick: "Super, thanks for the input."
Ham: "But, ya know, I don't like WL2000."
Rick: "Yeah, but what about our proposal?"
Ham: "Oh, I support the proposal. May not like all of it but I understand we
need to do it. But, on this WL2000, I just don't like it."
Rick: "Our proposal is not about WL2000."
Ham: "Yeah, but on WL2000, well, it is proprietary, cost hams money to join,
it's just email from boat people and not real ham radio, they cut the NTS guys
off and won't run NTS traffic, etc."
Rick: "But our proposal is not about WL2000."
Ham: "I support the proposal. I just don't like WL2000."
Now that's an example. But, my point is, I find myself having to defend
WL2000, not our proposal!
Just an observation.
73,
K5UR
