Comments on: Amateur Power? http://kb6nu.com/amateur-power/ My personal adventures in amateur radio Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:40:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Jim, K8ELR http://kb6nu.com/amateur-power/#comment-103 Jim, K8ELR Mon, 05 Dec 2005 22:56:58 +0000 http://kb6nu.com/?p=726#comment-103 >>This brings up a number of interesting considerations. For example, is this kind of operation legal? The rules clearly state that amateur radio cannot be used for business purposes, but don’t say anything about government agencies using amateur radio. >>This brings up a number of interesting considerations. For example, is this kind of operation legal?

The rules clearly state that amateur radio cannot be used for business purposes, but don’t say anything about government agencies using amateur radio.

]]> By: David Moisan, N1KGH http://kb6nu.com/amateur-power/#comment-76 David Moisan, N1KGH Sat, 05 Nov 2005 13:11:54 +0000 http://kb6nu.com/?p=726#comment-76 I wonder if the guy who was pointing out complexity of the radios was really turf-protecting (even if inadvertently). I work at a public-access TV station and our members use a lot of equipment that has lots of tiny switches, menu settings and options. We usually get around that by setting up the equipment to useable defaults and teaching enough of a subset of functions that the member can tape video and edit. (we also use prosumer equipment and Apples where the members are most likely to touch them, leaving the complex stuff in the rack.) Where hams have the legitimate expertise (mostly) is not necessarily in switch-twiddling, but in communications protocols, system planning, RF and the like. One probably could teach people of any agency to push the button, and perhaps should in the right circumstances. Other circumstances, perhaps not. But I don't believe in intimidating a served agency by showing off all the buttons. 73 I wonder if the guy who was pointing out complexity of the radios was really turf-protecting (even if inadvertently). I work at a public-access TV station and our members use a lot of equipment that has lots of tiny switches, menu settings and options.

We usually get around that by setting up the equipment to useable defaults and teaching enough of a subset of functions that the member can tape video and edit. (we also use prosumer equipment and Apples where the members are most likely to touch them, leaving the complex stuff in the rack.)

Where hams have the legitimate expertise (mostly) is not necessarily in switch-twiddling, but in communications protocols, system planning, RF and the like.

One probably could teach people of any agency to push the button, and perhaps should in the right circumstances. Other circumstances, perhaps not. But I don’t believe in intimidating a served agency by showing off all the buttons.

73

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