Other than being thrusted through by the 'board of embicils' at the ARRgghhL, why there wasn't any polling or surveying used as a basis for the adoption of these plans. Just the fact that the majority of hams and the FCC was against RM-11306 demonstrates the (be)League(d)'s plan was unwanted by not only AM'ers, but all users of every other mode. My only hope is that TOM will be awaken from his grave in Hagerstown, MD and run roughshod over the bumblers in Newington by beating them on the head with the Woulff Houng and stuffing the Retttysnitch where the 'sun don't shine and pills can't reach!' Mod-U-Lator, Mike(y) W3SLK
Steve Johnston, WD8DAS wrote: 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. ______________________________________________________________ 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.
