[aprssig] ARRL Addresses

Earl Needham needhame1 at plateautel.net
Fri Jan 2 11:28:14 EST 2009


Andy McMullin wrote:
> As someone also tried to point out, your messages are all very 
> USA-centric too. Sometimes depressingly so.....
>
> Anyway, radio amateurs come from all over the world. It's a big planet 
> and not all join your American Radio Relay League -- because they're 
> not American -- does that make it plain enough? So, worldwide, more 
> "hams" (as you Americans like to call us) do NOT have ARRL membership 
> than do. So Bob's statement could be taken as insulting for the rest 
> of us -- along with the attitude that we are not active operators 
> because we might not be members of your association.
    Now waitaminnit here -- isn't the the "American Position Reporting 
System" reflector???

    With tongue firmly in cheek...
    Earl

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