Yes, the letter ran. Dave -----Original Message----- From: dick@pobox.com [mailto:dick@pobox.com] Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 4:19 PM To: arrl-odv Cc: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ Subject: [ARRL-ODV:10257] Ignorant? Angry? Ham Speaks In WSJ 22 MAR, 2004 - 1450 CST Not being a WSJ subscriber, I cannot verify the item below unless I go buy a copy of today's WSJ. ======================================================= The Wall Street Journal 3/22/04 Letters to the Editor, Page A19 High-Speed Internet Access In regard to the March 12 Letter from American Radio Relay League CEO David Sumner in response to your March 2 article "The Web's New Outlet": While it's interesting for Mr. Sumner to provide us with lessons in radio propagation, the underlying concern of the ARRL is protection of radio bandwidth for amateur radio use. Although I am a fellow radio operator, I'm not enthused toward the ARRL's preservation project. If BPL can allow consumers more choice in broad-band technology, then it will most certainly propogate (sic) something much more important--price competition. I believe it's fair to say that there are millions more people interested in high-speed Internet access than in the dwindling thousands of radio operators Mr. Sumner represents. Bill Hartzell Bald Eagle Press Philadelphia ======================================================= A search on W7MD and QRZ, produced the following information. William A. Hartzell, KB3COP 6046 Newtown Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19111 Phone: 215- Email: bill_rebel@hotmail.com License Class: Technician License Issue: 05/07/1998 Birthday: 17 Feb, 1959 The ARRL database does not show WB3COP to be a former ARRL member. But I don't know how long the records of former members are kept. There's bound to be a deluded few hams out there. This one appears to have a chip on shoulder about amateur radio. 73 - Dick, W9GIG