[net.ham-radio] more call plates

Gor#f@mit-eddie.ARPA (02/23/85)

But suppose a ham is walking down the street, and a Trooper whose
just broken his mike cord trying to draw his gun passes by.  How's
he going to know that the ham is a ham with his HT in the grocery
bag that he's carrying?  Shouldn't we all be required to wear
sandwich signs with our calls when we're not in the car, and get
our employers to put neon signs on the side of their buildings that
can be turned on when we're there?

I don't need to rationalize my desire to have call plates.  The forms
of recognition that I get when I help out with a public service event
mean more to me than my call plates, though, and they're something
I can't just go buy on account of having passed my FCC exam, as I can
with call plates.
			73  -Bill KE1G