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.