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Stick to your morals Jason, I feel the same way as you about transmitter sales.<BR>
Years back there was a ham shop called Ericson's<EM> </EM>I am positive a few of you out there remember<BR>
in the Chicago burbs I visited a few times when I was a teen back in the early 70's with a ham bud of mine.<BR>
They had LARGE signage above the counter that stated <STRONG>"No License? Don't even ask!"</STRONG><BR>
God that place was great!<BR><BR>Clay Melhorn N9IO Bonfield, IL<BR>Webmaster: KARS - Kankakee Area Radio Society - W9AZ <A href="http://www.w9az.com/" target=_blank>http://www.w9az.com/</A><BR> <BR> <BR>
> Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 16:09:22 -0700<BR>> From: jason@ke4nyv.com<BR>> To: earl.kd5xb@gmail.com; aprssig@tapr.org<BR>> Subject: Re: [aprssig] SKY1 - callsign? Wayne County, Ohio.<BR>> <BR>> Since I started selling all-in-one APRS devices, I have noticed there are many pilots that are catching on to APRS and see it as a "free beacon system" they can put on their plane for relatively little money. MOST are are licensed, but some are not and just do it anyways. There IS a sense of arrogance and a "rules don't apply to me" attitude with some. <BR>> <BR>> As a provider of hardware that is strictly used on the 144-148 MHz range ie. the RTrak Family (minus the RTrak-Lite), I feel the need to police this TO A POINT. If I get an order from someone that does not show any sign of a license, I usually send them a friendly email asking for a callsign. Most come back with the callsign or some other form of proof. While the flip side is, I have had a few "arrogant" ones come back and tell me to stick and they will take their money elsewhere. I know some other hardware makers may not have the discretion and willing to sell to anyone with the cash in hand. That is their deal, not mine, but I feel like I have to do my part to educate or at the very least, keep a pirate off the air...for the longest that I can.<BR>> <BR>> Jason - KE4NYV<BR>> RPC Electronics, LLC<BR>> www.rpc-electronics.com<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> aprssig mailing list<BR>> aprssig@tapr.org<BR>> https://www.tapr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/aprssig<BR> </body>
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