jazzsinger,
I had two purposes in asking you about how you would restructure things, 'level the playing field'. You've answered both of those, thank you.
I can see that we aren't going to agree on what might be an equitable solution to the so called 'problem' we have in this country. I think I'll leave it at that.
- 'Doc
Doc,
i'm curious to know how you would tackle the problem,obviously i don't expect you to agree with all or any of my views,but i think we agree on the fact it is a problem and there is a double standard.
You have as much right to your opinion as i and anyone else has,i've answered you as honestly as i can,hopefully without being pro cb or anti ham,just realistic.As you know the rules pretty much suck which is exacly why the fcc have failed in court against ranger rci,even fcc officials admit they got it wrong legalising AM on 27 mhz due to its inherent problems with rfi.In a country as large as yours they will never be able to enforce 90% or more of their rules,and like prohibition if you make something illegal it just becomes more attractive to people,which i think you will agree on.
the thing about rules is they are generally made to advantage some and disadvantage others,in the process causing the division in the community you see today,which may make it easier to govern but it causes a hell of a lot more problems than it solves.
here in the uk the government legislated for hams with little or no technical skills to operate ssb on 10m,yet deny cb'ers that right quoting a very tired argument that it causes interference,anyone with half a brain can see clearly that argument is bogus as 10m ssb is just as prone to rfi as 11m ssb,and as the people who have been granted it lack the technical know how in most cases to prevent it its absurd.On that point i'm sure you'll also agree.
I'm not a ham,by choice (i believe rightly or wrongly radio is a gift from nature and no-one has a right to control it or profit from it),but even i can see the dumbing down of ham radio entrance exams has done nothing to enhance your hobby,infact if i was the suspicious type which i am i would think there was method in their madness and that they have sown the seeds of destruction for ham radio in the future,lets face it many of the ham bands are on prime spectrum which is highly sellable,and they know it.let the morons loose to drive the users off who would stand against them if they tried that and within a decade or so they will have no-one to stop them selling off those frequencies.
they have already done the same to cb here by allowing the god squad to transmit their narrowminded transmission on 27 mhz here under the name of cads,then deregulated cb so they don't have to take any responsibility to the chaos that will ultimately ensure.
despite what some may think i don't have a grudge against ham radio,most of my friends are hams and much of the help i give is too hams,but i do have a major issue with hypocrisy and double standards.
while people with a conflict of interest are running our respective hobbies there can only be dark times ahead,that is the root cause of most of the problems.