Atomic Energy for Military Purposes #ARRL #hamradio

In Atomic Energy for Military Purposes https://buff.ly/2Za0tXa the words appear in the forward "The ultimate responsibility for our nation's policy rests on its citizens and they can discharge those responsibilities wisely only if they are informed."

These words apply to amateur radio very well.  

How informed are you in matters of #hamradio?  Who writes policy?  How does new policy apply to you?  How do you get policy changed or initiated?

The majority of the answers rest with the American Radio Relay League. 

While everyone can request the Federal Communications Commission to make a new rule or change a Part 97 way of thinking, the League has a history of representing the BEST hobby on the Planet.  Sometimes, they get it wrong.  Most of the time, they get it right.

One of the things the League does well is inform the membership ... and amateur radio as a whole ... about issues impacting the hobby.  

One of the things you can do be be informed is ... at least ... read the League news.  The BEST think you can do to be informed is be a MEMBER.  The League has a robust Section leadership in place.  They and the Division folks do a good job keeping people informed.  Get their number in your speed dial and address book.

Within weeks of the atomic weapons falling on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the subject publication was printed.  That's an example of transparency in Government.  That's right.  It was printed in 1945.  The reprint received with InterLibrary Loan was printed in 1948.  

Please remember YOU are responsible for the Hobby.  Apply the quote above in your amateur radio life.  You'll get more enjoyment from the Hobby if you are not nescient.  After one does that, apply the concept to other spheres in Life.