Why the League Petition is BAD for AM Folks,
I am in a discussion with a staff person at the League who still has some credibility with the AM Community. It is his contention that RM-11306 does NOT impose bandwidth restrictions since it uses the wording "necessary bandwidth." I have written back to suggest that the numerical reference they seek to impose on AM is indeed a fresh burden, with risks as follows in my email to him. Please consider these points to help shape your Comment to file with the FCC in OPPOSITION to the proposal from the group in Newington. [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you've already filed, thanks on behalf of us all who wish to avoid unwarranted penalties on our mode and activity. ---------- The wording of the Petition from your group would impose the first numerical bandwidth limitations ever faced by the mode of AM. This would remove the responsibility that has historically rested with the operator, and attempts to create a technical standard, be it regulatory or in practice. Our concern is that the specification is not accompanied by any means of measurement, such that we would not be able to check our compliance. Worse, people who feel compelled to gripe about AM would be handed a tool, a "new law" that they can allege we violate without their having to prove it with a measurement. Part 97 is deliberately vague in leaving it up to good Amateur practice. Yours would cause an enforcement nightmare, and would treat AM as an oddball, otherwise non-compliant mode. You may already have noticed that some of the Comments filed with the FCC wish not to have such an exception at all for AM. Your number of "9 kHz" seems overly broad to them, and a threat to us. I've already had one heckler, N2NGY, breaking into a QSO on 75m and telling us that your Petition will "finally do us in." I'll be interested in any reply from you, because your opinion carries weight. We wish we had been invited to take part as your people cooked up this plan. We are taking part in the process now. Paul __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
