Thanks, Paul - excellent commentary from WA3VJB... The threat to operators of old tube AM and CW rigs is somewhat diminished.
To expand and explain slightly - the part they DO want to keep... They now propose to destroy only ten meters, perhaps figuring that since there has been a long sunspot minimum, no one will be paying attention... http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2007/03/23/101/?nc=1 Wa3VJB wrote > The ARRL, a small, non-profit publishing company in > Newington Connecticut, has abandoned a threat to > impose a system of bandwidth segregation on the > various modes and activities on HF below 10 meters. > > In an email to the club's volunteer administrators, > Dave Sumner, the company's highest-paid, unelected > staffer, seems to have acknowledged the overwhelming > opposition arrayed against his group's plan the past > several years. > > The threat to AM was specific and unquestionable -- it > would have imposed the first-ever, numerical > constraints on bandwidth without providing a means for > licensees to ensure compliance and ward off > unwarranted complaints from those who do not > participate in this mode and activity. > > The scheme would also have characterized AM as a > "footnote" that otherwise would not be in compliance > with their misguided system of bandwidth segregation. > > Sumner wrote, in part, > > Quote > Regulation by bandwidth rather than by mode of > emission remains controversial below 28 MHz because of > perceived potential impact on established operating > patterns, so these proposals were removed from the > list with one narrow exception. > > Those who subscribe to the ARRL can pursue the full > text, which contains several insults and additional > patronizing language to those of us who dared to > question the scheme their group tried to slip through. > > Keywords: > --And for the truly paranoid > --don't know all the facts > --making their complaints and threats > --have other motives > > It is important to note that the club continues to try > to sneak through the small, remaining portion of their > scheme that opponents had not, until now, chosen to > challenge. > > Fresh opposition remarks about the fraction the League > continues to push are now being filed and accepted on > the FCC's Electronic Comment Filing System. > > The latest challenges join the carefully considered, > well-reasoned arguments that gave the ARRL a severe > spanking and refuted that group's earlier threat to AM > that they now have abandoned. > > This appears to be the system of feedback the group in > Newington prefers. > > Paul/VJB > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Never miss an email again! > Yahoo! Toolbar alerts you the instant new Mail arrives. > http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/ > ______________________________________________________________ > AMRadio mailing list > List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html > List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Partner Website: http://www.amfone.net > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html > Post: mailto:[email protected] > To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word unsubscribe in the message body. > ______________________________________________________________ AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Partner Website: http://www.amfone.net Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:[email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
