[amsat-bb] Re: This Is a HOBBY people

[Art McBride]

Greg,
It is the Amateur Radio Service. It does have 5 purposes as quoted in Part
97.1

If you buy supplies and work on something you enjoy doing it is called a
hobby. 

If you do it to establish a business we call it work. 

We are Amateurs because we receive no compensation for our efforts, not
because we are unprofessional.

So where is the conflict?

Politicians are famous for finding the facts to support their conclusions. 

I prefer to have all of the cards on the table.

Art,
KC6QUH

-----Original Message-----
From: amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On
Behalf Of Gregg Wonderly
Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2011 5:42 PM
To: Kevin Deane
Cc: amsat-bb at amsat.org
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: This Is a HOBBY people

97.1 Basis and purpose.-

The rules and regulations in this Part are designed to provide an amateur
radio 
service having a fundamental purpose as expressed in the following
principles:

(a) Recognition and enhancement of the value of the amateur service to the 
public as a voluntary noncommercial communication service, particularly with

respect to providing emergency communications.

(b) Continuation and extension of the amateur's proven ability to contribute
to 
the advancement of the radio art.

(c) Encouragement and improvement of the amateur service through rules which

provide for advancing skills in both the communications and technical phases
of 
the art.

(d) Expansion of the existing reservoir within the amateur radio service of 
trained operators, technicians, and electronics experts.

(e) Continuation and extension of the amateur's unique ability to enhance 
international goodwill.

None of these items say "this is a hobby" nor do they allude to "just having

fun."  I am not trying to say that its just serious in nature, but there is
a 
considerable amount of personal responsibility and focused effort implied by
the 
above points.  Think seriously about the phrase "This is a HOBBY people."
It's 
not "just" a hobby, although there are many things that you might do with 
Amateur Radio that don't focus on the above points.  The above points are
the 
"reason" why the FCC lets you have a license and allows us to use the 
frequencies.  If we don't focus on fulfilling the responsibilities and
charter 
of these points with some effort, we are just riding on the heals of the
hard 
work of others, who do, in fact, have these things at the forefront of their

efforts to do good things with Amateur Radio.

We need to have discussions and we need to focus on the things that do have 
meaning related to the 5 points above.

Gregg Wonderly
W5GGW

On 10/23/2011 3:33 PM, Kevin Deane wrote:
>
> As much as I enjoy the banter, animosity and sometimes really brilliant
posts, I want to remind everyone that this is a HOBBY!
>
> Amateur Radio.
>
> Shut up and have fun, some of you take this WAY TO SERIOUSLY.
>
> Kevin
> KF7MYK
>
>
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