Earlier I wrote to the ARRL...now I've sent the following message to these officials of IARU and IARU-Region2...
[EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED] t.net.tt,[EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED] .tt,[EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED],rleandro@ cantv.net,[EMAIL PROTECTED] Dear IARU Officer - I see that the IARU has adopted, effective Jan 1 2008, a new "MF/HF band plan" for Region 2 that places restrictive limitations on transmitted signal bandwidths and overlooks common modes and practices on the bands 160 - 10m. I am VERY much against such limits - tight regulation and restrictions like these goes completely against the experimental and innovative aspects of ham radio. As a member of ARRL, which is the US member society of IARU, I urge you to stop this plan from going into effect. I understand that it is a voluntary plan, but because it does not match common practice on the bands today it will be ignored by thousands of operators. Why make a plan that doesn't match present reality? But, voluntary or not, my position remains that plan is defective. Bandplans like this have a history of increasing the stress among amateurs with arguments and finger-pointing. And voluntary ones tend to become ever more "official" over time, so I think it is vital that we not err on the side of restriction and limitation which could hinder our future communication options. Steve Johnston, WD8DAS ARRL Member Fitchburg, Wisconsin. ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio 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.
