Here is a copy of the email I sent to our Great Lakes Manager: I am emailing you in response to a potential proposal by the ARRL. Once again the "powers" have jumped into something that has not been researched properly and has caused much confusion, even among those who disseminate information about ARRL activities. The move towards trying to segregate the bands by modes/bandwitdh and or to try and limit bandwidths is a ludicrous idea. The response has been from ARRL managers, that the proposal is only going to be about digital. IF that were true, then why didn't the minutes SAY that. Myself and many others do NOT understand why the ARRL has to constantly trying to "FIX" something. A limitation of bandwidth could very possibly render thousands of dollars of equipment to become unusable. It could also drive many current operators who enjoy building and experimenting, away from ham radio, and drive a further wedge between the ARRL and ham operators. The ARRL is constantly bemoaning the fact that the amateur population is decreasing, and no new operators are replacing those that drop out. If this is true, then WHY do you need to change the current spectrum laws. If you tune across the band now at any time, save contest events, a good part of most of the bands are not even in use. It would make more sense to try and utilize THESE areas. I think there are far more important issues at hand than fixing something that works. If the ARRL handles this in the usual way, we may get something back from the FCC that we REALLY weren't shooting for, and will take forever to reverse. Thanks for Looking........Al Tanner/W8FAX
AND the answer I rcved back.............. Alan, Good morning! And thanks for writing. I am hearing a lot about the AM issue lately. First, let me assure you that there was no intent to end nor to relegate AM in Director Frenaye's motion. I have discussed this with Dave Sumner who assures me that AM is not the target here and is safe. But I will be vigilant on this issue and "keep my ear to the ground." 73, Gary KI4LA --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html The reason this message is shown is because the post was in HTML or had an attachment. Attachments are not allowed. Please post in Plain-Text only.---
