RAC is made up of unpaid volunteers who give of their time (and some expenses). If RAC was to disband, how would that improve amateur radio in Canada? It is true that some decisions made by RAC may not sit well with some quarters. However, I believe those volunteers are doing the best they can, particularly in view of the fact that the Canadian amateurs do not support RAC to a much greater extent. A recent RAC decision was a disappointment to me personally, but I still support RAC because we have no other voice that tries to represent our interests.
There I've said my piece. Some will disagree with me, but that's ok. It is just my own opinion.
Norm VE3VY----- Original Message ----- From: "Valveman" <valveman_6146@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <karc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 6:26 PM Subject: [karc] Re: Band Plan Comments
RAC does not look after Canadian Ham interests. Rac looks after RACs interests. You are better off giving your RAC membership to charity where it will do more good! --- John S - Taylor <va3gst@xxxxxxx> wrote:RAC Draft Band Plan: Thanks to RAC we now have an up-dated band plan, which as Dave says will be very helpful. Also it's good to know RAC is looking after the Canadian Amateur interests, worth paying for. The reason for the USA making the changes to the 80 meter band I don't really know. The reason for RAC to issue a new band plan as far as I can see is to harmonize with our neighbours/neighbors. It is sad that when the USA jumps we must also jump but they are bigger than we are hi hi. In an issue such as this we would only make life difficult for ourselves if we remained steadfast. That said, I don't say we in anyway should diminish our Canadian identity. Rob, please don't ask me to describe our Canadian identity your a Canadian you know. John, va3gstBe smarter than spam. See how smart SpamGuard is at giving junk email the boot with the All-new Yahoo! Mail at http://mrd.mail.yahoo.com/try_beta?.intl=ca
