The Amateur Radio Parity Test (t.m.)
V1.3.3:
1) Would it be:
A) Better
Or
B) Worse
To have more hams listening at home, who would then be aware of and able to help immediately to establish communications in a Mass Disaster?
2) At any given time of day or night, are the MAJORITY of hams in the World:
A) At home, if they are not working.
B) Camping.
C) On their Honeymoon, during Field Day Weekend.
D) Sleeping in their car, since the Honeymoon has been long over, with a mobile rig turned on to monitor the local Skywarn Net.
3) During a Tornado or Hurricane, do most Hams:
A) Shelter in place in their homes.
B) Go Camping.
C) Stay in the Subway with their Baofeng HT until the Crisis is over.
D) Get in their cars and operate mobile until the event is well past their location, and then go inside.
E) Skip the whole wedding and Honeymoon thing, and just Elope during the crisis.
4) Referring back to Question #1 Now (Yes, it's Okay to look.) When propagation is poor,
is it better to have:
A) More Hams able to immediately get on the air.
B) Less Hams with the ability to get on the air, merely because the Busybody Clowns Next Door don't like the look of antennas.
5) During the recent hurricanes in Puerto Rico and Florida did the people there want:
A) Emergency and Health and Welfare messages handled by hams as quickly as possible.
B) To make hams demonstrate a “need” to have antennas at their residences before The Commission.
6) Which ONE of these words appear
in the ARRL Petition FCC to incorporate Parity Act Provisions Into the Part 97 Rules:
Preemption
Preemption
Preemption
7) Should neighbours have special rights to deny amateur radio operators and anyone else that they don't like, freedom of expression on their own property?
A) Sure... Why do we need that Pesky Constitution or Bill of Rights anyway, because antennas are Ugly to me, So There!
B) No. I've actually READ The Federalist Papers, The Constitution, AND The Bill of Rights, and understand that protecting the Minority FROM the Majority is ESSENTIAL to a Republic.
8. The 80 Metre Santa Net is:
A) A cover operation for a Numbers Station Net that is actually run by Dr. Evil.
B) Much more convenient to monitor from your RESIDENCE as opposed to Mobile.
9) You are a teenager interested In ham radio and would like to take the first step by becoming an SWL while you study for your ticket, but are living in an HOA Tyranny through no fault of your own, because that's where your parents live. You look across the street, and notice that your neighbor has left his garage door up and is wearing no shirt while drinking a generic beer in his backyard and cooking on his backyard grill.
Do you:
A) Report the neighbour to the HOA Jackboots, and just listen to shortwave by the wholly inadequate whip antenna.
B) Not inform on the neighbour, and run some Magnet Wire to a pine tree in your backyard.
C) Call the Fashion Police.
D) A and C
E) B and C
10) You are on the way to school, and are met by The School Bully, who explains that it will be a lot easier on you to just skip lunch and finance HIS lunch today. And everyday.
Do you:
A) Give him your lunch money
Or
B) Whump him on the side of his formerly Thick Skull in True David and Goliath Style with an old Hardcover Edition of the ARRL Antenna Book that you thoughtfully soaked in linseed oil a couple of "Missed Lunches" ago.
C) Explain to him that you really have a need to eat lunch everyday.
D) C, AFTER B.
11) Which are the most relatively efficient antennas for for both transmission and reception of HF signals?
Mobile antennas
Backyard Antennas operated from RESIDENCES
SUPER BONUS QUESTION:
12) If the ARRL proposal becomes part of Part 97, Former Senator Nelson will:
A) Get his ticket, become active from his residence during Florida weather emergencies and participate in the Santa Net.
B) Wish that he hadn't screwed hams over in hindsight, because even 1% of the 1% can squeeze you through a tight election when your HOA Masters can't.
C) B but not A