Some hams just give radio a bad name, in an opposite but equally annoying way as the jackass cb operator with a splatterbox on channel 6.
the radio amateur community made the rules for radio amateur frequencies, not the FCC, so yeah I have a problem with mexican lawn care services hijacking the local repeaters to do their business on, but when it comes to any other band, dude, why care?
Why not bitch about all the profanity and filth on the radio and network television, they break the rules every minute and the FCC does shit.
I think most of what the FCC does it bullshit, I think federal bureaus are way outside of the powers given in the constitution, and the only way the FCC could do business within the confines of the constitution would be to listen for signals that cross state lines, but the constitution has been, sometimes more and sometimes less, a meaningless piece of paper since way back in 1861, and its been a battle to restrain government since the day the delegates signed it.
radio amateur is more like a club, cb, murs, gmrs is more like public or utility, upper HF, aka the freeband is more like dead air and for the most part nobody is hurting a goddamn thing.
you know if they legalized drugs the drug pushers, organized criminal gangs, murderous cartels, etc would be out of business.
you know if they legalized export radios and amplifiers splatterboxes and toaster oven dx would die out.
the fcc is bureaucrats, whos job is to create more bureaucracy thus jobs for themselves and more bureaucrats.
Mandatory narrowbanding, was that really necessary? with the exception of major metro areas, there is alot of empty space up there on VHF and UHF and most of the users are businesses who cant afford to go 800mhz or digital. my ass, its not going to happen, few will comply and even fewer ever had a license to begin with.
so kiss my ass, i run 35 watts dead key on CB, turn splatterboxes into clean radios, turn commercial equipment into ham rigs and ham rigs into full coverage to talk on murs and gmrs, and the best part is, i got less than $200 into the hobby, (1)10m export, (1)ts-440 hf rig, (2)ht's, (1)100w 2meter mobile, and a 70cm rig in the works. Alot of 'hams' spend $2000 to have the same capabilities I have. How so, because I buy broke shit and fix it, convert it, and improvise everywhere in between.
I like talking on 2m repeaters about more technical topics, but if i try to criticize the fcc, badmouth the obama or dare even mention CB, even for its most basic utility purpose for me which is to hunt deers, at least someone is going to jump in and boo me off the air (like my hunting club is all going to go out and get ham licenses).
But with CB, i can badmouth the president, the fcc, and peoples mothers if i so please, can talk DX sometimes, and nobody gets mad if i slip up and say a bad word.
oh and mr.radio cop(lolol), the FCC posted your address, we just linked. Anyone with half a brain, come on your a ham you outta know this, can look up that callsign that your dumb ass used when you signed up for this forum.
I would never post my call sign to discuss the things I like to discuss, some of the things they roast me alive for, especially the more hypothetical things (honest to god i got no plans to attempt, all in the quest for knowledge)
Hell with that ULS database i dont think i would post my call sign anywhere.
My call sign is Charlie Sierra Alpha One Eight Six One Niner
And I like country ham and grits!