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Re: [TCML] Teslathons??? (Australian)
Hey Ash..
I would seem to disagree about the regulation of "stuff" ( call it
hobbies gone wild) a good example is model rocketry ( well the hi
powered end anyway).
When I joined Tripoli, all you needed was a valid membership card with
Tripoli to purchase motors above the G rating, now you need Federal
license to purchase H + motors, you need to have a Federally ( ATF)
acceptable storage unit to store such motors at home, you need to take
written tests ( 3 different levels) to qualify to show that you can prep
a rocket with H+ motors and then launch and recover the rocket ( no
telling what new laws have been imposed in the last few years with
stricter regulation).
True, there are probably 30K people doing hi power rockets, and the
regulation may be needed, who knows? As far as I know of, no one has yet
been killed by Hi Powered Rockets. Is it because of the regulation or is
it the inherent nature of the people who are involved in Hi powered
rocketry seem to be more careful, precise, etc. than the norm?
I prefer to believe that coilers are the same caliber of people with the
same attention to detail, caution, and perseverance to create a working
coil that is safe to operate. Our numbers are growing every time a coil
is shown to the general public be it through a museum, school display
activity, TV, or the local neighborhood Haunted House... someone from
that group which has seen the coil operate was most likely impressed
enough to begin building there own coil.
Tripoli started out with a hand full of members same as this list and
its "members". Given time and enough "notoriety" ( spelling?), Tesla
Coiling could fall into the "need to be watched" group of Hobbyist and
the things we do.
In a sense, we are building transmitters which use kilowatts of energy,
just maybe some conservative politician will want to pass a law which
requires us to pass a test comparable to Ham Radio operators, require us
to have a "license", and prove intent of operation of "said transmitter".
All it takes is just one politician with an agenda ( be it an accident
with a coil or mere interference of his TV) to kick off something that
would regulate our hobby....
stepping down ;)
Scot D
ashumate3@xxxxxxx wrote:
Its kind of hard to regulate stuff in the public domain.
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