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LETTERS
Let's Petition
the FCC
At my place of employment,
where an FCC comme rc ial license
(2nd Class/General) is required,
less than lO in a department
of more than 200 employees
are licensed amateur radio operators,
though many expressed an
interest in the hobby. At my former
place of employment in the
Telecommunications Dept, there
were only two licensed people,
thOugh again , many were interested
in ham radio , Why, in a nation
with millions of electronic techn i­
cians. engineers. and computer
hobbyists, are so lew willing to go
even for Novice?
The nail in the coffin is the code
requirement. If anyone is to be
blamed for the lack of public inte r­
est in amateur radio, the blame
must rest on the ARRL. It has
been spoon-feeding its members
the propaganda thai if the FCC
created a no-code license. the
ham bands would end up like CB.
But many nations do not requ ire
code in order to obtain a VHF/
nilow receive or
~ leave messages
wtth o ther l ocal hams
using the 16K Bulletin
Board featured on the
smallest TNe available c­
the lIeath* IIK-21
Pocket racket ,
1lle BR.~ operates
under your call with
simple commands
like Send or Write a
mee..age. Kill a message
and read the File
mes..sages currently on
the system. And the
HK-21 Pocket Packet is
fully TNC-2 compatible.
Hookup i s easy,
Plug in supplied cables
instantly to most
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