Correct as usual Don... Kudos! 73 vince ka1iic
On Tuesday 04 April 2006 06:31 pm, Donald Chester wrote: > From: Brian Sherrod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >What does any of this K1MAN/W1AW stuff have to do with AM discussion? > >Let's > >get back on track here folks. > > Actually, there is a connection with the AM community that hits some raw > nerves, besides the longtime QRM to the AM window caused by his 3890 kc > "bulletins." Back in the 1980's during the FCC's AM power proceeding, > K1MAN filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging the FCC's decision. > There was supposed to have been a 7-year grandfather period under the old > power rule, after which the FCC had promised to "reconsider, if there is > any > justification to do so." > > During a discussion of the issue with ARRL officials, Dave Sumner mentioned > that K1MAN's lawsuit had "hardened the FCC's position," and he thought it > would be very difficult to get them to change their minds at that point. > > When they went to court, Baxter totally blew the case, according to other > AM'ers in attendance. He acted as his own attorney, and during the court > proceedings got completely sidetracked onto some tangent about his disaster > relief efforts with I.A.R.N. following the Mexico City earthquake (which > had absolutely nothing to do with the AM power issue). The judge ruled in > favor of the FCC, saying that the court was routinely "deferring to the > expertise" of the regulatory agency (the FCC). > > Afterwards, I attended an FCC Forum at Dayton, where Johnny Johnston was > presiding at the Q-A session. I posed the question, if the FCC was > planning to follow up on its stated commitment to reconsider the AM power > issue at the end of the grandfather period, in 1990. Johnston's reply: > "You took us to court, remember?" When I pointed out that it was K1MAN who > took the FCC to court, Johnston's replay was, "As far as I'm concerned, it > was the amateur community who took us to court. That's an issue that got > caught up in 'circumstances'." > > The historic AM power limit may have very well fallen victim to a petty ego > struggle between Johnston and his hinchmen at the FCC, and K1MAN. > > >I've already had two people leave the list > >today. > > If someone left the list over something so trivial as that one thread of > discussion, they must be pretty thin-skinned. I doubt if they were > contributing very much anyway. We're probably better off without them. Is > the "delete" button broken on their computer? > > Don K4KYV > > > > _______________________________________________________________ > > This message was typed using the DVORAK keyboard layout. Try it - you'll > like it. > http://www.mwbrooks.com/dvorak/ > http://gigliwood.com/abcd/ > > > ______________________________________________________________ > AMRadio mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html > Post: mailto:[email protected] > AMfone Website: http://www.amfone.net > AM List Admin: Brian Sherrod/w5ami, Paul Courson/wa3vjb
