Good points. This topic makes me as uncomfortable as it does, I'm sure, everyone else. How can we find out how big a problem this all is? Can we develop an approach (or should we) to contact hams, especially members, who are recommending the illegal use of ham radio? Or are we stuck just biting our fingernails? 73, Art Arthur I. Zygielbaum, K0AIZ ARRL Midwest Division Director On 1/18/2021 2:55 PM, John Robert Stratton wrote:
The fact that "Oathkeepers" have a comms plan that "recommends" buying ham equipment is NOT evidence that there were either licensees assisting the crowd or that non-licensees were operating illegally on amateur radio assigned frequencies.
It is irresponsible to — without any evidence — to publicly "admit"/"concede" that either licensees or non-licensees were involved. It is damage that no amount of PR can undo. If evidence — hard, provable evidence — emerges, then we can deal with it.
But throwing amateur radio under the bus by the use of flippant and careless language should cease.
Huyck's recommendations are not evidence; stupid and perhaps actionable by the ARRL, but the blatherings of a disturbed person are not evidence.
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On 1/18/21 2:18 PM, rjairam@gmail.com wrote:
There is a bit of truth to them using amateur radios. Oathkeeper groups have a comms plan that recommends buying ham equipment.
Like this one:
http://indianaoathkeepers.org/assets/1_recommendedequipment_092920.pdf <http://indianaoathkeepers.org/assets/1_recommendedequipment_092920.pdf>
Ria N2RJ
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This apparently aired this morning on GMA, by Martha Radditz. Copied from a MyARRLVoice post. 73; Mike W7VO _______________________________________________ arrl-odv mailing list arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org <mailto:arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org> https://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/listinfo/arrl-odv <https://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/listinfo/arrl-odv>
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