WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.240 --> 00:00:02.399 Hey. Before we get started, be sure to head over 2 00:00:02.439 --> 00:00:05.919 to ham Radio two dot com forward slash email dash 3 00:00:06.080 --> 00:00:10.919 sign up to join my email list of over nineteen 4 00:00:10.960 --> 00:00:14.439 thousand subscribers, where I like to send emails about upcoming events, 5 00:00:14.480 --> 00:00:17.679 upcoming shopping deals, keep you updated with all the stuff 6 00:00:17.719 --> 00:00:21.280 going on with my videos. Once that list reaches twenty thousand, 7 00:00:21.320 --> 00:00:25.039 I will be doing a giveaway of another HF radio 8 00:00:25.480 --> 00:00:28.480 sign up today and thank you for the support. The 9 00:00:28.519 --> 00:00:33.719 public notice from the Department of Governmental Efficiency DOGE and 10 00:00:33.799 --> 00:00:39.079 this FCC document entitled Delete Delete Delete. It is document 11 00:00:39.159 --> 00:00:41.880 number twenty five DASH one three three. What are my thoughts? 12 00:00:41.920 --> 00:00:45.520 There's beend several videos on this subject, and I've commented 13 00:00:45.560 --> 00:00:47.039 on a few of those videos. I wanted to give 14 00:00:47.079 --> 00:00:49.640 you my thoughts on what I think about this whole 15 00:00:49.679 --> 00:00:51.920 thing and where we're going to see it go. There's 16 00:00:51.960 --> 00:00:54.479 a lot of speculation, a lot of stuff that the 17 00:00:54.479 --> 00:00:57.520 document doesn't talk about, so but I wanted to address 18 00:00:57.560 --> 00:00:59.880 it head on because I'm getting a lot of questions. 19 00:01:00.399 --> 00:01:06.680 So here's what I think. Today's video is sponsored by 20 00:01:06.920 --> 00:01:11.760 spe Expert Amplifiers check out their website. Mtcradio dot com 21 00:01:11.799 --> 00:01:15.719 from Main Trading Company in the USA. Okay, So the 22 00:01:16.079 --> 00:01:19.359 document that started all of these, and I've seen two, 23 00:01:19.519 --> 00:01:24.280 maybe three videos from different YouTube channels specifically about this 24 00:01:24.400 --> 00:01:28.120 document and how it may or may not affect amateur 25 00:01:28.319 --> 00:01:31.760 radio license. This is a public notice. It was released 26 00:01:31.799 --> 00:01:35.239 in March twelfth of twenty twenty five, so less than 27 00:01:35.239 --> 00:01:37.719 a week ago at the time of this recording. It's 28 00:01:37.760 --> 00:01:42.680 titled reason in Reason Delete Delete Delete. Okay. Now, I 29 00:01:42.799 --> 00:01:46.439 must say this, as a general rule, I am all 30 00:01:46.719 --> 00:01:52.200 for smaller government, less government intrusion and personal lives, and 31 00:01:53.040 --> 00:01:57.599 just less government power. In a general sense, talking very 32 00:01:57.680 --> 00:02:01.079 high level here, I am not in favor of abolishing 33 00:02:01.120 --> 00:02:04.799 the FCC completely, and I'm not in favor of just 34 00:02:05.000 --> 00:02:08.560 free banding every radio frequency spectrum out there. So I'm 35 00:02:08.599 --> 00:02:10.439 going to get into that. I'm gonna explain a little 36 00:02:10.439 --> 00:02:13.000 bit what I mean by that. But I wanted to 37 00:02:13.120 --> 00:02:15.639 kind of start here where this document started. And this 38 00:02:15.680 --> 00:02:18.319 is a pretty long document. You guys have probably read 39 00:02:18.319 --> 00:02:20.120 this already, and if you haven't, I will link it 40 00:02:20.120 --> 00:02:23.120 in the description. Blow. Okay, there's a lot of different 41 00:02:23.120 --> 00:02:26.919 things in here mentioned. One thing I will say first 42 00:02:27.000 --> 00:02:29.919 off is that nowhere in this document is amateur radio 43 00:02:30.039 --> 00:02:34.960 specifically mentioned. It mentions nothing about amateur radio licensing. It 44 00:02:35.000 --> 00:02:39.080 mentions nothing about GMRS licensing, and mentions nothing about CB 45 00:02:39.280 --> 00:02:41.599 radio being free banned because it used to be back 46 00:02:41.599 --> 00:02:43.360 in the day, thirty forty years ago, used to have 47 00:02:43.439 --> 00:02:46.919 a license to get on CB radio, citizens band radios 48 00:02:46.960 --> 00:02:49.199 the same frequencies. They just they gave you a license. 49 00:02:49.759 --> 00:02:50.960 I don't remember if you had to pay for it 50 00:02:51.080 --> 00:02:57.240 or not. But nothing like that is mentioned in this document. Okay. 51 00:02:57.599 --> 00:03:00.360 Through a series of executive orders, President Trump has called 52 00:03:00.400 --> 00:03:05.080 on administrative agencies to unleash prosperity through deregulation and ensure 53 00:03:05.120 --> 00:03:08.000 that they are efficiency delivering great results for the American people. 54 00:03:08.319 --> 00:03:11.759 So this is Elon's email to everybody saying, Hey, send 55 00:03:11.840 --> 00:03:14.120 me five things you did this week. Cool. You know, 56 00:03:14.360 --> 00:03:17.319 by this public notice, the FCC is taking action to 57 00:03:17.360 --> 00:03:21.759 promote policies outlined by President Trump in those executive orders. Specifically, 58 00:03:22.240 --> 00:03:26.000 we are seeking public input on identifying FCC rules for 59 00:03:26.039 --> 00:03:30.199 the purpose of alleviating and unnecessary regulatory burdens. Now there 60 00:03:30.240 --> 00:03:32.759 is a link to voice your public opinion and I 61 00:03:32.800 --> 00:03:35.560 will put that in the description. Blow. But we seek 62 00:03:35.680 --> 00:03:40.400 comment on deregulatory initiatives that would facilitate and encourage American 63 00:03:40.439 --> 00:03:44.960 firms investments in modernizing their networks, developing infrastructure offering innovative 64 00:03:44.960 --> 00:03:48.919 and advanced capabilities. The Communications Act directs the FCC to 65 00:03:49.039 --> 00:03:52.319 regularly review its rules to identify and eliminate those that 66 00:03:52.319 --> 00:03:55.840 are unnecessary in the light of the current circumstances, recognizing that, 67 00:03:55.919 --> 00:03:59.360 in addition to imposing unnecessary burdens, unnecesary rules may stand 68 00:03:59.400 --> 00:04:03.719 in the way of deal development, expansion, competition, and technological innovation. 69 00:04:04.120 --> 00:04:11.360 Now that again, amateur radio is not mentioned in this article. However, 70 00:04:12.080 --> 00:04:14.439 I will say this the way I read, and this 71 00:04:14.520 --> 00:04:18.240 is open to interpretation. This is open to interpretation, and 72 00:04:18.279 --> 00:04:20.000 you might not read this the same way that I 73 00:04:20.040 --> 00:04:22.639 read the Communications I think they might be talking about 74 00:04:22.639 --> 00:04:24.920 the Communications Act of nineteen thirty four. There's not a 75 00:04:24.959 --> 00:04:27.680 footnote down there that says it says the Communications Act. 76 00:04:27.800 --> 00:04:29.879 There's a kid, there's a Wireless Communications Act of nineteen 77 00:04:29.879 --> 00:04:33.120 thirty four that's often referred to in these types of documents. 78 00:04:33.199 --> 00:04:35.399 So right here it says the Communications Act directs the 79 00:04:35.439 --> 00:04:38.920 FCC to regularly review its rules to identify and eliminate 80 00:04:39.279 --> 00:04:42.199 those that are unnecessary in the light of current circumstances. 81 00:04:42.240 --> 00:04:44.399 In other words, times change as the years go by, 82 00:04:44.920 --> 00:04:50.720 recognizing that in addition to imposing unnecessary burdens, imposing unnecessary burdens, 83 00:04:51.120 --> 00:04:54.279 unnecessary rules may stand in the way of development, expansion, competition, 84 00:04:54.519 --> 00:05:02.399 and technological innovation. So the way I read that is 85 00:05:02.439 --> 00:05:05.040 that amateur radio licensing is a good thing because amateur 86 00:05:05.120 --> 00:05:11.120 radio licensing has always been regulated with the worldwide goodwill 87 00:05:11.199 --> 00:05:13.920 in mind. It's always been about international good will. It's 88 00:05:13.920 --> 00:05:16.519 always been about a worldwide effort. And I'm going to 89 00:05:16.560 --> 00:05:20.199 talk about the International Telecommunications Union ITU, and I'm going 90 00:05:20.279 --> 00:05:22.040 to talk about it the other a couple other agencies 91 00:05:22.079 --> 00:05:24.480 and what my thoughts are on that, so that we're 92 00:05:24.480 --> 00:05:26.120 going to get into that here in just a second. 93 00:05:26.160 --> 00:05:29.319 But stand in the way of development, spansion, competition, and 94 00:05:29.399 --> 00:05:36.079 technological innovation. Every nation, every civilized nation, some uncivilized nations 95 00:05:36.399 --> 00:05:40.319 in the world, has some sort of amateur radio licensing. 96 00:05:40.560 --> 00:05:44.959 One of the things that hams seek after and compete for, 97 00:05:45.240 --> 00:05:48.560 compete with yourself more than anybody, is to see how 98 00:05:48.600 --> 00:05:53.040 many DX entities you can work. DX entity just simply 99 00:05:53.040 --> 00:05:56.480 means another country outside of the USA, and in some regards, 100 00:05:56.600 --> 00:05:59.839 Alaska and Hawaii are considered DX entities because they're not 101 00:06:00.000 --> 00:06:04.240 actually attached to the Continental USA, and even Canada, which 102 00:06:04.279 --> 00:06:06.720 is in Mexico, which are attached to the Continental USA, 103 00:06:06.759 --> 00:06:12.839 are considered DX entities. So contacting these worldwide countries all 104 00:06:12.879 --> 00:06:16.079 over the planet and entities, and last count I had 105 00:06:16.120 --> 00:06:17.800 there was like three hundred and fifty of them. I 106 00:06:17.839 --> 00:06:19.800 got a good friend of mine that's worked three hundred 107 00:06:19.800 --> 00:06:21.639 and forty nine out of the three hundred and fifty. 108 00:06:21.720 --> 00:06:23.879 He's worked all of them except one, which is North Korea, 109 00:06:23.879 --> 00:06:26.759 which is apparently really very hard to get for reasons 110 00:06:27.519 --> 00:06:29.199 that you should already know and I won't go into. 111 00:06:29.480 --> 00:06:34.920 So international goodwill is has always been an act behind 112 00:06:35.040 --> 00:06:37.759 amateur radio and amateur radio licensing. So I don't read 113 00:06:37.879 --> 00:06:40.199 that as something that would be like, hey, let's just 114 00:06:40.240 --> 00:06:42.720 get rid of licensing, let's just get rid of it 115 00:06:43.360 --> 00:06:45.839 that way anybody can do whatever they want. No, that 116 00:06:46.360 --> 00:06:48.680 would be an unnecessary rule. That my standard the way 117 00:06:48.720 --> 00:06:52.720 of development, expansion, competition, and technological innovation because amateur radio 118 00:06:53.319 --> 00:06:55.879 historically that may or may not be true today, but 119 00:06:55.959 --> 00:06:58.800 him MCHI radio historically has always been on the forefront 120 00:06:58.839 --> 00:07:01.319 of technology, and I think that a lot of people 121 00:07:01.360 --> 00:07:03.879 who don't understand amage radio don't understand that it's actually 122 00:07:03.959 --> 00:07:07.519 kind of still there. But again, that might be different 123 00:07:07.519 --> 00:07:09.879 story for a different day. So a couple of things 124 00:07:09.879 --> 00:07:11.759 real quick. I want to start at the beginning, and 125 00:07:11.800 --> 00:07:13.639 I apologize if this video is going to be longer 126 00:07:13.639 --> 00:07:16.600 than normal. Well, I want to start at the beginning, okay. 127 00:07:16.639 --> 00:07:19.160 And I went to chat GPT and I was like, hey, 128 00:07:19.240 --> 00:07:22.360 chat GPT, now, now let me say this first off, 129 00:07:22.800 --> 00:07:24.560 say the first thing I'm gonna say about this. I 130 00:07:24.560 --> 00:07:27.560 asked chat GPT this question yesterday, and then I asked 131 00:07:27.639 --> 00:07:30.839 chat GPT the same question today and it gave a 132 00:07:30.879 --> 00:07:32.920 slightly different answer. So I'm not a one hundred percent 133 00:07:32.920 --> 00:07:35.759 sure how accurate this is. But I did do about 134 00:07:35.800 --> 00:07:38.240 the last half hour. I did some Google searching, I 135 00:07:38.319 --> 00:07:40.639 read some articles. I'm gonna share those links with you, 136 00:07:41.079 --> 00:07:43.959 and for the most part, I think this is fairly accurate. 137 00:07:44.040 --> 00:07:48.360 Some of this information historically is ambiguous, and I think 138 00:07:48.399 --> 00:07:50.839 it's just because no one ever recorded it, but some 139 00:07:50.920 --> 00:07:54.240 of it is accurate. So what was the first amateur 140 00:07:54.319 --> 00:07:56.560 radio call sign issued in the USA. The first amateur 141 00:07:56.639 --> 00:07:59.079 radio call sign issued in the USA, according to chat GPT, 142 00:07:59.600 --> 00:08:05.839 was onew This was assigned to Alfred CW. Lee CW 143 00:08:05.879 --> 00:08:08.600 was its middle initials. Okay, good, yeah, no coincidence there. 144 00:08:08.800 --> 00:08:12.240 In nineteen twelve, following the introduction of the first formal 145 00:08:12.360 --> 00:08:15.000 licensing system for amateur radio operators by the US government, 146 00:08:15.160 --> 00:08:18.120 the issuance of ONEAW marked the beginning of amateur radio 147 00:08:18.199 --> 00:08:20.399 regulation in the US, which is formalized by the patches 148 00:08:20.560 --> 00:08:22.439 of the Wireless Shipped Act of nineteen ten of the 149 00:08:22.519 --> 00:08:26.399 Radioact of nineteen twelve. Okay, this predates the ABURL, this 150 00:08:26.519 --> 00:08:30.319 predates the FCC, And then when did amateur radio call 151 00:08:30.360 --> 00:08:34.720 signs go global? This information here was accurate from Chap 152 00:08:34.799 --> 00:08:37.720 GPT both yesterday and today. Amateur radio call signs became 153 00:08:37.720 --> 00:08:40.960 global in nineteen twenty seven when the ITU standardized the 154 00:08:40.960 --> 00:08:44.240 allocation of call signs for MSIUR radio operators worldwide. This 155 00:08:44.480 --> 00:08:46.639 was part of the broader effort to organize and regulate 156 00:08:46.679 --> 00:08:51.200 global radio communications. Before this standardization, amateur radio operators had 157 00:08:51.240 --> 00:08:54.039 their own systems in practice for assigning call signs, often 158 00:08:54.039 --> 00:08:56.720 within their own countries. The ITU's involvement helped establish a 159 00:08:56.759 --> 00:09:00.600 consistent system that assigned different country prefixes, such as W 160 00:09:00.720 --> 00:09:03.879 for the United States, G four the United Kingdom VK 161 00:09:04.519 --> 00:09:07.759 for Australia, et cetera amateur radio operators, allowing for clearer 162 00:09:07.799 --> 00:09:13.120 and more coordinated communications across borders. This move significantly enhanced 163 00:09:13.159 --> 00:09:18.879 international communication and cooperation among amateur radio operators worldwide. Statement 164 00:09:18.919 --> 00:09:20.879 that I would agree with right there, So outside of 165 00:09:20.919 --> 00:09:23.960 the USA, I decided to ask it, Hey, what was 166 00:09:24.000 --> 00:09:26.679 the first ever amateur radio call sign? I have a 167 00:09:26.679 --> 00:09:28.440 point to this, so bear with me. The very first 168 00:09:28.480 --> 00:09:30.879 amateur radio call sign ever was issued was worldwide was 169 00:09:30.960 --> 00:09:36.000 a A. Your call sign is a Hey Alpha. Your 170 00:09:36.039 --> 00:09:41.360 call sign is A assigned to Reginald A. Pheesenden, a pioneering 171 00:09:41.440 --> 00:09:44.919 Canadian inventor and engineer and radio operator. He is often 172 00:09:44.960 --> 00:09:47.360 regarded as one of the fathers of modern wireless communication. 173 00:09:47.399 --> 00:09:52.159 Feessenden was granted his call sign in nineteen hundred, long 174 00:09:52.159 --> 00:09:56.320 before the formal nationalization and international licensing systems were established. 175 00:09:56.360 --> 00:09:59.279 He used this call sign for his experimental radio stations. 176 00:09:59.720 --> 00:10:02.399 He worked to lay the foundation for much of modern radio, 177 00:10:02.440 --> 00:10:08.679 including the first voice transmission over radio. Later amateur radio 178 00:10:08.720 --> 00:10:11.759 licenses systems became formalized in the nineteen tens and nineteen twenties. 179 00:10:11.799 --> 00:10:14.759 A can be considered the very first amateur radio call 180 00:10:14.840 --> 00:10:18.480 sign in the world. The Federal Communications Commission the FCC 181 00:10:18.639 --> 00:10:21.600 was established on June nineteenth, nineteen thirty four, with the 182 00:10:21.600 --> 00:10:24.080 passage to the Communications Act of nineteen thirty four. This 183 00:10:24.120 --> 00:10:26.240 is the Communications Act I think they were talking about earlier. 184 00:10:26.600 --> 00:10:32.440 FCC was created to regulate interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, 185 00:10:32.519 --> 00:10:35.559 and cable. It took over many responsibilities previously held by 186 00:10:35.600 --> 00:10:38.879 the FRC Federal Radio Commission, which had been established in 187 00:10:38.919 --> 00:10:43.279 nineteen twenty seven to regulate radio communications. FCC's creation helped 188 00:10:43.320 --> 00:10:45.320 bring a more structure to the rapid legal and field 189 00:10:45.360 --> 00:10:48.440 of communications, including both commercial broadcasting the amateur radio, and 190 00:10:48.480 --> 00:10:52.240 it played a major role in shaping modern telecommunications policies 191 00:10:52.279 --> 00:10:54.679 in the USA. So, in other words, I have said 192 00:10:54.679 --> 00:10:57.440 this before and said this many times. Amateur radio license 193 00:10:57.759 --> 00:11:01.039 existed prior to the FCC. People like to gripe about 194 00:11:01.080 --> 00:11:03.519 the FCC. They like to complain about the FCC, And 195 00:11:03.559 --> 00:11:10.519 the FCC is responsible for issuing licenses in the USA today. Okay, 196 00:11:10.559 --> 00:11:13.200 they are responsible for that. But if you were to 197 00:11:13.240 --> 00:11:15.200 get rid of the FCC to moral which I don't 198 00:11:15.200 --> 00:11:16.639 really agree with that, But if you were to get 199 00:11:16.679 --> 00:11:19.720 rid of the FCC completely moral, it wouldn't affect amateur 200 00:11:19.759 --> 00:11:24.039 radio license necessarily in the way that some people think 201 00:11:24.080 --> 00:11:27.399 it might. It would affect something, sure, but not necessarily 202 00:11:27.399 --> 00:11:30.840 in the way that some people think that it might. Oh, 203 00:11:30.919 --> 00:11:33.480 just get rid of everything and leveryone go free band now, 204 00:11:33.519 --> 00:11:36.519 because it wasn't freebanded before the FCC was here, So 205 00:11:36.600 --> 00:11:38.720 it's not going to be free banned after the FCC. 206 00:11:38.840 --> 00:11:41.200 There's plenty of options out there for free band, and 207 00:11:41.240 --> 00:11:45.440 that those frequencies can range from country to country, from 208 00:11:45.440 --> 00:11:50.080 continent to continent. But amateur radio has always existed prior 209 00:11:50.120 --> 00:11:53.679 to the FCC, prior to the Federal Radio Commission in 210 00:11:53.720 --> 00:11:57.879 the United States, and it exists globally internationally across the 211 00:11:58.039 --> 00:12:00.879 entire planet. Some other googles so it says. Before the 212 00:12:00.960 --> 00:12:03.679 Radioact of nineteen twelve, amateur radio operators in the USA 213 00:12:04.639 --> 00:12:08.200 used self assigned call signs, often industrials, like hiring Percy 214 00:12:08.240 --> 00:12:11.759 Maxim's s n Y in nineteen eleven. After licensing began, 215 00:12:11.799 --> 00:12:14.360 the government assigned call signs, initially a number followed by 216 00:12:14.360 --> 00:12:17.480 two letters like one WH or something like that. Pre 217 00:12:17.600 --> 00:12:21.399 nineteen twelve, self assigned call Signs Radioact of nineteen twelvement 218 00:12:21.480 --> 00:12:25.159 government government issued call signs, evolution of call signs. Some 219 00:12:25.200 --> 00:12:27.840 good stuff on Google right here that I found, So 220 00:12:27.879 --> 00:12:30.480 that was good. There's also a good article I found 221 00:12:30.519 --> 00:12:33.879 here called the Storied History of the Ham Radio call 222 00:12:33.919 --> 00:12:36.799 Sign by Mike ritz W seven vo written in August 223 00:12:36.879 --> 00:12:38.840 of twenty seventeen. This is a good read right here. 224 00:12:39.080 --> 00:12:42.320 I will put a link to this in the description Blow. 225 00:12:42.320 --> 00:12:44.559 You guys can go check that out. Again. I didn't 226 00:12:44.639 --> 00:12:47.799 check it for historical accuracy. He does quote several he 227 00:12:47.840 --> 00:12:49.960 has a bibliography at the bottom there and quotes several 228 00:12:50.039 --> 00:12:53.519 links to where he got his information from. So there 229 00:12:53.519 --> 00:12:56.840 you go. But today's document, we're talking about this here today, 230 00:12:57.240 --> 00:13:01.320 speaking of Ham Radio. 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Check out the linked to 241 00:13:36.240 --> 00:13:38.879 the description blow and thank them for sponsoring this video. 242 00:13:39.159 --> 00:13:41.519 So a couple of thoughts, a couple of my thoughts 243 00:13:41.519 --> 00:13:43.879 on this, and I'm going to start here. So Josh 244 00:13:43.919 --> 00:13:47.080 did this video and he was you guys, go watch 245 00:13:47.159 --> 00:13:50.480 Josh's video, but he was kind enough to post to 246 00:13:50.559 --> 00:13:53.159 pin my comment to his video. I didn't ask him to, 247 00:13:53.200 --> 00:13:56.200 he just did it. And my comment here, which is 248 00:13:56.200 --> 00:13:58.559 what I've been talking about so far in this video. Okay, 249 00:13:58.559 --> 00:14:02.840 people forget that licensing testing outdates the FCC. They are 250 00:14:02.919 --> 00:14:08.240 more of an ITU International Telecommunications Union and IAARU the 251 00:14:08.360 --> 00:14:13.360 International Amateur Radio Union thing. Other regulations that we face 252 00:14:13.639 --> 00:14:16.639 can be deleted. Sure, I am usually for deregulation overall, 253 00:14:16.799 --> 00:14:19.200 but some comments will probably be about making ham radio 254 00:14:19.240 --> 00:14:21.399 bands free band and I don't support that. And that 255 00:14:21.519 --> 00:14:24.200 was my comment on his video, and I had about 256 00:14:24.279 --> 00:14:27.279 seventeen replies to it. So Josh commented here, He's like, 257 00:14:27.639 --> 00:14:29.960 I wanted to tie this international agreements, but at the 258 00:14:30.039 --> 00:14:32.080 rate we're walking away from agreements in O there airs. 259 00:14:32.120 --> 00:14:34.840 I'm not sure how well it would stick. Follow up video. Okay, 260 00:14:35.120 --> 00:14:37.799 this guy says what KQ four l en Z says, No, 261 00:14:37.799 --> 00:14:41.360 I don't support that either. A Droit nineteen eleven says, 262 00:14:41.360 --> 00:14:42.960 why don't you support it? And this is kind of 263 00:14:42.960 --> 00:14:44.480 the point I wanted to talk about here because this 264 00:14:44.519 --> 00:14:46.240 guy and I don't know who this person is, but 265 00:14:46.320 --> 00:14:49.080 he had some good comments, not bad mouthing anyone, he 266 00:14:49.120 --> 00:14:51.519 had some really good comments, So I appreciate his comments there. 267 00:14:51.519 --> 00:14:52.519 I was trying to get rid of that thing on 268 00:14:52.559 --> 00:14:54.840 the right, but I can't. Why don't you support it? 269 00:14:55.279 --> 00:14:57.120 And I said, why should I support it? There's plenty 270 00:14:57.159 --> 00:15:01.120 of freeband options already available, and anyone is able to 271 00:15:01.120 --> 00:15:03.039 get a Ham radio license. A lot of people forget that. 272 00:15:03.080 --> 00:15:05.240 A lot of people, oh, Ham radio is an exclusive club. No, 273 00:15:05.279 --> 00:15:07.399 it's really not, because you can go get a license. 274 00:15:07.759 --> 00:15:10.639 Everyone has the ability to go get a Ham radio license, 275 00:15:10.679 --> 00:15:13.919 unless you're like a hardened criminal, okay, like a sexual 276 00:15:14.240 --> 00:15:18.000 predator of some sort. Okay, everyone can go get an 277 00:15:18.039 --> 00:15:21.320 amateur radio license, okay for the most part. And I say, 278 00:15:21.360 --> 00:15:23.360 I go on to say it's more open to everyone. 279 00:15:23.399 --> 00:15:26.480 Nearly eight hundred thousand US citizens have taken the time 280 00:15:26.519 --> 00:15:28.399 to learn the material and get their license. Giving it 281 00:15:28.440 --> 00:15:31.080 away would be an insult to them, similar to forgiving 282 00:15:31.120 --> 00:15:33.840 student loans. That's another political topic I don't want to 283 00:15:33.840 --> 00:15:36.159 get into today, but that's how I feel. And he says, 284 00:15:36.200 --> 00:15:38.559 I don't think you actually answered my question. Uh yeah, 285 00:15:38.600 --> 00:15:41.320 I did. I get that it would hurt people's feelings 286 00:15:41.600 --> 00:15:43.919 that spend money on getting a permission slip. Okay, So, 287 00:15:44.000 --> 00:15:47.039 first of all, hurt people's feelings and permission slip makes 288 00:15:47.080 --> 00:15:49.600 me think that this guy is not really serious. He's 289 00:15:49.679 --> 00:15:54.480 talking in troll language here, okay, but what he's saying 290 00:15:54.559 --> 00:15:59.559 is not entirely wrong. I just you know. Okay, Well, 291 00:16:00.360 --> 00:16:03.440 let's continue, and I understand why the government wants people 292 00:16:03.480 --> 00:16:05.879 to get those slips. Aside from hurt feelings, why not 293 00:16:05.919 --> 00:16:08.600 support deregulation? And I replied back to him, as I 294 00:16:08.600 --> 00:16:11.159 originally stated, licensing has nothing to do with the government. 295 00:16:11.360 --> 00:16:14.759 It existed before the government, before the FCC. Okay, as 296 00:16:14.799 --> 00:16:17.200 I just read to you, that's what this guy's not getting. 297 00:16:17.720 --> 00:16:20.200 It existed prior to the FCC. Amateur radio is a 298 00:16:20.240 --> 00:16:23.879 worldwide effort. Other countries have some sort of license. Most 299 00:16:23.879 --> 00:16:26.120 of them are actually harder to get and cost more 300 00:16:26.200 --> 00:16:29.200 than and have less privileges than what we do inside 301 00:16:29.200 --> 00:16:31.399 the USA. Hurt feelings aren't even a factor to me. 302 00:16:31.519 --> 00:16:33.559 Lots of people worked to get their license, and everyone 303 00:16:33.559 --> 00:16:36.240 else can do the same thing. This isn't a participation 304 00:16:36.440 --> 00:16:38.919 trophy hobby. Work for it and you'll get it. You 305 00:16:38.960 --> 00:16:40.600 are smart enough to do it. And I'm talking directly 306 00:16:40.600 --> 00:16:42.039 to this guy when I said this, you are smart 307 00:16:42.120 --> 00:16:44.320 enough to do it. And right here he replies back 308 00:16:44.320 --> 00:16:46.360 to me, he's like, well, already have my permission slips. 309 00:16:46.360 --> 00:16:49.600 So he's claiming he has a ham radio license. Okay, good, 310 00:16:49.840 --> 00:16:51.399 and you still have to give me and you still 311 00:16:51.399 --> 00:16:53.039 haven't have yet to give me an answer. I've given 312 00:16:53.080 --> 00:16:54.759 him an answer twice now. He just doesn't like what 313 00:16:54.759 --> 00:16:57.559 I'm saying. Others have said that it could happen to 314 00:16:57.639 --> 00:17:00.639 the door having open more frequencies and sold on privileges. 315 00:17:01.039 --> 00:17:04.720 That's why they don't support regulation. Why don't you So 316 00:17:04.799 --> 00:17:07.839 he's talking about having the sell off our spectrum in 317 00:17:07.880 --> 00:17:11.599 our bandwidth to other corporations or something like that. Okay, 318 00:17:11.920 --> 00:17:14.039 And I replied by a like Finally, I was like, look, man, 319 00:17:14.319 --> 00:17:16.200 you call it in a permission slip. Makes me think 320 00:17:16.240 --> 00:17:17.920 you aren't serious. But I'll play a long I do 321 00:17:17.960 --> 00:17:20.960 support deregulation. I support taking licensing completely away from the 322 00:17:20.960 --> 00:17:23.400 FCC and giving it back to Ham's. As I've said 323 00:17:23.400 --> 00:17:24.960 this before. I'm not sure why you think I'm not 324 00:17:25.000 --> 00:17:27.440 answering you. But again, your comments are moretroll like and 325 00:17:27.519 --> 00:17:29.799 less than serious than I prefer, but also impossible to 326 00:17:29.839 --> 00:17:33.400 sense a tone over text. He says, I call the 327 00:17:33.480 --> 00:17:35.720 driver's license permission slips as well. It's because of my 328 00:17:35.839 --> 00:17:37.759 view and the government wanting to believe that they control 329 00:17:37.799 --> 00:17:41.640 free people. Okay, this get so I get this comment 330 00:17:41.680 --> 00:17:44.519 a lot. Free men don't ask permission. Government control, yeah, 331 00:17:44.559 --> 00:17:47.039 government control is a real thing. It's a real thing 332 00:17:47.079 --> 00:17:50.880 I'm against. Okay, but there's such a thing as government control. 333 00:17:50.920 --> 00:17:54.359 Too much government control and complete anarchy, and we've got 334 00:17:54.359 --> 00:17:57.039 to figure out where in the middle we want this. 335 00:17:57.680 --> 00:18:01.000 Licensing is not bad. Licensing's not bad. You have to 336 00:18:01.039 --> 00:18:03.200 have a license to drive a car, and the reason 337 00:18:03.240 --> 00:18:04.680 you have to have a license to drive a car 338 00:18:04.759 --> 00:18:09.319 is because you're driving on publicly funded roads. Okay, you 339 00:18:09.319 --> 00:18:11.279 don't have to have a license to own a car, 340 00:18:11.599 --> 00:18:13.160 or if you own one hundred acres of land. You 341 00:18:13.160 --> 00:18:14.519 don't have to have a license to drive a car 342 00:18:14.559 --> 00:18:17.359 on your own property. So some people like an amateur 343 00:18:17.440 --> 00:18:19.559 radio license. Well I don't you know, anybody can get 344 00:18:19.680 --> 00:18:23.000 driver's license. Sometimes people and I'm like, well, actually, you 345 00:18:23.079 --> 00:18:24.920 don't have to have a driver's license to buy a 346 00:18:24.960 --> 00:18:26.799 car and drive it on your own property. You only 347 00:18:26.799 --> 00:18:29.559 have to have a license to drive it on publicly 348 00:18:29.559 --> 00:18:35.200 funded roads state local city government and city county roads, 349 00:18:35.240 --> 00:18:39.279 state roads, federal in interstate highways, whatever. But the airwaves 350 00:18:39.279 --> 00:18:41.880 are opened everybody, and the airwaves are opened everybody. Okay, 351 00:18:41.920 --> 00:18:44.799 so well there's no publiclyfunded airwaves, true, but we do 352 00:18:44.839 --> 00:18:48.920 have a limited spectrum of frequencies on the airwave. And 353 00:18:49.119 --> 00:18:51.720 like I said a minute ago, since it's an international 354 00:18:51.799 --> 00:18:55.319 and global effort amateur radio licensing, it's good that it's 355 00:18:55.359 --> 00:18:59.039 regulated to a certain degree. To a certain degree, I 356 00:18:59.039 --> 00:19:01.480 don't want to take anything away from anyone, but I 357 00:19:01.480 --> 00:19:03.519 don't want to give everything for free to everyone either. 358 00:19:03.640 --> 00:19:05.599 And this comment here by this judlement is pretty good. 359 00:19:05.720 --> 00:19:07.799 One of the main reasons for the ITU agreement in 360 00:19:07.920 --> 00:19:12.680 HF communication is HF communications are worldwide, open, no regulated, 361 00:19:12.720 --> 00:19:15.759 non licensed operations on HF and MF isn't affecting radio 362 00:19:15.920 --> 00:19:18.680 users in just the USA. They can affect every country 363 00:19:18.680 --> 00:19:21.240 and every radio user in the world. Many that want 364 00:19:21.240 --> 00:19:24.200 licensing refer to VHFUHS and SHF. It would be really 365 00:19:24.200 --> 00:19:27.880 devastating to the world radio community for one country to 366 00:19:27.920 --> 00:19:31.240 open rogue HF communication not just amateur it's still a 367 00:19:31.319 --> 00:19:34.759 primary means of communications that makes many places in many 368 00:19:34.759 --> 00:19:37.039 places around the world. Just because it's not here in 369 00:19:37.039 --> 00:19:39.240 the US. I don't believe it would be very responsible 370 00:19:39.279 --> 00:19:42.079 to free band amateur radio bands without the agreement of 371 00:19:42.119 --> 00:19:45.039 the ITU. My opinion is that we won't see any 372 00:19:45.119 --> 00:19:48.359 changes to amateur radio, at least not HF and MF. 373 00:19:48.640 --> 00:19:51.039 As far as vhfuh go, the bands are almost dead. 374 00:19:51.079 --> 00:19:53.319 Well again, I don't really think that the bands are 375 00:19:53.319 --> 00:19:55.880 dead in VHFUHF. It might be where he is, but 376 00:19:55.920 --> 00:19:57.799 it's not like that everywhere. I've been in amateur for 377 00:19:57.799 --> 00:20:00.279 thirty years and been in commercial radio for twent five 378 00:20:00.279 --> 00:20:02.960 plus years. If the government does drop licensing requirements for 379 00:20:03.000 --> 00:20:05.839 amateur radio, please pass the word to the lids that 380 00:20:05.920 --> 00:20:09.079 have the equipment available cheap. That's good, okay, And then 381 00:20:09.119 --> 00:20:11.599 some guy other some other guy fires back at him 382 00:20:11.599 --> 00:20:15.599 and about deregulation and whatnot. So a few more comments there. 383 00:20:15.799 --> 00:20:17.559 I'll share a link to all that in the description. 384 00:20:17.640 --> 00:20:20.720 Blow all of that to say, is this. As I 385 00:20:20.720 --> 00:20:23.000 said in the beginning, this document does not say anything 386 00:20:23.119 --> 00:20:26.839 about there's this is a lot of speculation. This document 387 00:20:26.839 --> 00:20:32.039 does not say anything about deregulating specifically amateur radio licensing. 388 00:20:32.079 --> 00:20:35.240 It doesn't even mention amateur radio licensing. It's just talking 389 00:20:35.279 --> 00:20:38.640 about the FCC. So everybody's like, what does that mean? 390 00:20:39.119 --> 00:20:41.519 And it's a good question. It's a good it's good 391 00:20:41.559 --> 00:20:45.279 to openly discuss what it does say, but it's probably 392 00:20:45.279 --> 00:20:50.039 not good to spect to overspeculate on what it doesn't say. 393 00:20:50.599 --> 00:20:53.279 And that's kind of my take on the whole thing. Okay, 394 00:20:53.480 --> 00:20:55.839 I wanted to I mean, I this is again, this 395 00:20:55.920 --> 00:20:57.480 is a longer video than I intended it to be. 396 00:20:57.519 --> 00:21:01.279 But amateur radio licensing in the UN and worldwide existed 397 00:21:01.319 --> 00:21:04.640 prior to the FCCFCC only controls the USA, anyway, Every 398 00:21:04.640 --> 00:21:07.799 country around the world has some sort of amateur radio licensing. 399 00:21:07.960 --> 00:21:10.960 Sometimes it's hard to get, sometimes it's expensive to get, 400 00:21:11.400 --> 00:21:14.160 and in the USA we actually have it pretty easy 401 00:21:14.480 --> 00:21:18.200