Re: New HA product development

[Jim Thompson <thegreatone@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 12:20:43 -0700, "Richard Henry" <rphenry@xxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>
>"John Fields" <jfields@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>news:1l4jb1l118erpu8s5d5m9394qki0s5rbnr@xxxxxxxxxx
[snip]
>> He's a sophomoric little ham from Vancouver ("Tom, VA7FAB") who
>> advocated (in a newsgroup, yet) using lightly trafficked spectrum
>> space illegally by not doing it enough to get caught.  He gets himself
>> all worked up from time to time and likes to try to annoy me because I
>> threatened to turn his slimy little criminal ass in to the authorities
>> and because I gave him some information about SKYPE that he didn't
>> want to hear about.
>
>By "illegally" do you mean without a license, or intruding into forbidden
>bands?
>
>Don't the airwaves belong to the people?  Shouldn't the people be allowed to
>make any use they want of the airwaves, as long as they don't interfere with
>properly licensed/permitted signals, or cause a hazard to others?
>
>The feds can be so picky.  I am aware of a local ham who altered his
>portable to be able to listen to police bands.  While mountain-biking with
>friends, one fellow got badly hurt.  He called for help on the Sheriff's
>frequency, and the victim was saved.  A few days later, the FCC paid him a
>visit and confiscated the device.
>
>

As they should have.  He was too damned stupid to hide his "device"
?:-)

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