This is an overly synical view of the FCC. The FCC itself has many *really* good people in it, who understand most of the issues in things, but they've been turned into a tool in the last 20 years or so. They do have to listen (and obey) Congress for example, and with wonder items like the 1996 Communications Act, they had little room to do anything.
The FCC will do as Congress tells it to. Congress does what the people tell it to.
Sadly, people do not see the connection here and that such things as basic participation in our elective system has cascade consequences, far removed from the act of voting.
The FCC has *improved* in many ways in the last 10 years or so. They're far more efficient at many things now, unlike many other entities in the US government.
But the comissioners are political appointments, and when money becomes more important than the public good, we get the actions we've seen with respect to the broadscape.
NPR is not perfect. There have been times when I thought that konking their collective heads with a wet carp would be a good thing to do. There haven't been many, but that was one of those times.
The situation is more complex than saying that they opposed it. I think there were people at NPR who'd been getting terrorized by conservative forces in general about their existence, such that they made some bad decisions at the time.
This is really a battle over control of the airwaves. America has given the broadcast spectrum to large money interests, and it shows. FM radio is so completely devoid of useful things to listen to (with the one exception of NPR, thankfully) that I've started listening to streamed broadcasts from the BBC, where quality, imagination and diversity still exist.
With low power stations, you might see an increase in the divirsity of broadcasting again. Maybe. It would certainly allow for new and different stations, some silly, some serious and some seriously weird. That would be a wonderful thing to see.
There were never any inferference issues here. Well, there were, but the interference was from the corporations which didn't want this to happen at all. A little 5W FM statation is not going to have much coverage, but it will make for some interesting pockets of color in an otherwise mostly vapid FM landscape.
--STeve Andre' (wb8wswf)
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I seriously doubt that people can't learn just as fast at an older age. I'm 46, and think I'm smarter now than when I first starting programming computers in '75. Age also tends to give one experience from which to draw on. The accumulation of previous experience comes in handy at the oddest times, I've observed.
I have no doubt that there are mentally vacuuous hiring individuals who think that younger is better however, and that is a problem. If I encountered that, I think I might send the CEO of the company a paper letter explaining what I heard at my interview, and why I wasn't going to work there.
Having checked with people at the Hamvention and looking at the ARRL, I think it is safe to say that Dayton isn't going anywhere, at least not for a while.
The ideas what they're moving is bunk.
See the ARRL article at http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2003/03/06/4/?nc= 1
Why is it that rumors about the demise of the hamvention circulate forever?
I first heard this in the 70's. Then the 80's, and several times in the 90'. Now I hear it again.
If you have specific information, please post it. If the DARA arena were to shut down (or whatever), wouldn't it seem rather likely that one of the local governments would help to ensure its existence? The Hamvention pulls in one hell of a lot of money into the Dayton area. It would be in their economic interest to help make sure that this event would go on, in the *highly* unlikely event that something were to happen to the arena.
But there could be a problem. If there is, please explain rather than spouting Doom & Gloom.
I was in the 11th grade I think, when 7 was put into operation. It and Oscar 6 were the first sats I used. To find out that it's back in operation after all these years is an eerie feeling. This is like talking to a ghost, I think. For me, it's tinged with sadness in a sense, as several of the hams I talked with though 6 and 7 are silent keys now.
Goes to show that truth is always stranger than fiction.
It would be nice if you'd back that statement up with some kind of information. However, I suspect your logic is a eloquent as your writing is, which spares us the possibility of enduring a rant from you on this. $30 is *cheap*. Look what Windows costs--three times as much. Look at what Windows NT costs... Please help support the OpenBSD team.
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This is an overly synical view of the FCC. The FCC itself has many *really* good people in it, who understand most of the issues in things, but they've been turned into a tool in the last 20 years or so. They do have to listen (and obey) Congress for example, and with wonder items like the 1996 Communications Act, they had little room to do anything.
The FCC will do as Congress tells it to. Congress does what the people tell it to.
Sadly, people do not see the connection here and that such things as basic participation in our elective system has cascade consequences, far removed from the act of voting.
The FCC has *improved* in many ways in the last 10 years or so. They're far more efficient at many things now, unlike many other entities in the US government.
But the comissioners are political appointments, and when money becomes more important than the public good, we get the actions we've seen with respect to the broadscape.
NPR is not perfect. There have been times when I thought that konking their collective heads with a wet carp would be a good thing to do. There haven't been many, but that was one of those times.
The situation is more complex than saying that they opposed it. I think there were people at NPR who'd been getting terrorized by conservative forces in general about their existence, such that they made some bad decisions at the time.
This is very good news indeed.
This is really a battle over control of the airwaves. America has given the broadcast spectrum to large money interests, and it shows. FM radio is so completely devoid of useful things to listen to (with the one exception of NPR, thankfully) that I've started listening to streamed broadcasts from the BBC, where quality, imagination and diversity still exist.
With low power stations, you might see an increase in the divirsity of broadcasting again. Maybe. It would certainly allow for new and different stations, some silly, some serious and some seriously weird. That would be a wonderful thing to see.
There were never any inferference issues here. Well, there were, but the interference was from the corporations which didn't want this to happen at all. A little 5W FM statation is not going to have much coverage, but it will make for some interesting pockets of color in an otherwise mostly vapid FM landscape.
--STeve Andre' (wb8wswf)
I seriously doubt that people can't learn just as fast at an older age. I'm 46, and think I'm smarter now than when I first starting programming computers in '75. Age also tends to give one experience from which to draw on. The accumulation of previous experience comes in handy at the oddest times, I've observed.
I have no doubt that there are mentally vacuuous hiring individuals who think that younger is better however, and that is a problem. If I encountered that, I think I might send the CEO of the company a paper letter explaining what I heard at my interview, and why I wasn't going to work there.
Having checked with people at the Hamvention and looking at the ARRL, I think it is safe to say that Dayton isn't going anywhere, at least not for a while.
= 1
The ideas what they're moving is bunk.
See the ARRL article at http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2003/03/06/4/?nc
--STeve Andre'
Why is it that rumors about the demise of the hamvention circulate forever?
I first heard this in the 70's. Then the 80's, and several times in the 90'. Now I hear it again.
If you have specific information, please post it. If the DARA arena were to shut down (or whatever), wouldn't it seem rather likely that one of the local governments would help to ensure its existence? The Hamvention pulls in one hell of a lot of money into the Dayton area. It would be in their economic interest to help make sure that this event would go on, in the *highly* unlikely event that something were to happen to the arena.
But there could be a problem. If there is, please explain rather than spouting Doom & Gloom.
--STeve Andre' (wb8wsf)
I was in the 11th grade I think, when 7 was put into operation. It and Oscar 6 were the first sats I used. To find out that it's back in operation after all these years is an eerie feeling. This is like talking to a ghost, I think. For me, it's tinged with sadness in a sense, as several of the hams I talked with though 6 and 7 are silent keys now.
Goes to show that truth is always stranger than fiction.
--wb8wsf (STeve Andre')
It would be nice if you'd back that statement up with some kind of information. However, I suspect your logic is a eloquent as your writing is, which spares us the possibility of enduring a rant from you on this. $30 is *cheap*. Look what Windows costs--three times as much. Look at what Windows NT costs... Please help support the OpenBSD team.