[HiDARG-MEMBERS] (FAKE STORY) California Officials declare Ham Radio no longer a benefit; Demands Ham radio repeater infrastructure to be Removed

[Darrell Fevergeon]

I agree that we all should vet this kind of alarming “news.”  

However, such outlandish, irrational and alarming decisions are becoming more and more common by California and other elected officials.   It is not surprising that so many hams “bought” into this fake story.  

Just sayin…….

 

Darrell

KD6WWK

 

From: HiDARG-Members [mailto:hidarg-members-bounces at hidarg.org] On Behalf Of Max Vaughan
Sent: Saturday, October 12, 2019 5:39 AM
To: HiDARG Members.
Subject: [HiDARG-MEMBERS] (FAKE STORY) California Officials declare Ham Radio no longer a benefit; Demands Ham radio repeater infrastructure to be Removed

 

FWIW…..

 

From: Stephen Kangas [mailto:stephen at kangas.com] 
Sent: Friday, October 11, 2019 10:19
To: communicatorman at comcast.net; PNWVHFS at googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: [PNWVHFS] Fwd: California Officials declare Ham Radio no longer a benefit; Demands Ham radio repeater infrastructure to be Removed

 

This fake story has been SO debunked, even by the state of CA at this point after being contacted by upset hams that didn’t bother to do an fact checking.  The most interesting thing about it is how so many gullible people who want to support such an idea automatically pass this stuff along with absolutely NO fact checking from credible sources.  Just like the fake stuff generated by Russia’s Internet Research Agency and planted on their thousands of social media sites was picked up and passed along to the point of becoming “viral during the 2016 election campaign, and still so now leading up to the 2020 campaign.  Hams are *supposed* to be practicing technology grounded in science, which suggests that we are supposed to be better than average about being skeptical of wild claims and doing at least some fact-checking.  Let’s end this stupid thread.

 

Stephen W9SK

 

 

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