I sent the following message to the IARU officers about their latest, "not-so-brilliant" plan to restructure the bands by signal bandwidth (again)
The SAME kind of ridiculous plan that ARRL just tried and had to back away from after the vast majority of radio amateurs were up in arms about it. After trying unsuccessfully to push this poson onto the U.S. amateur population, it looks like the same forces are trying a slightly different route now. = = = Sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [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 the commonly used modes and practices on the bands 160 - 10m. I am VERY much against such limits. Tight regulation and restrictions like these go completely against the experimental and innovative aspects of amateur radio. As a licensed radio amateur, 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. Of particular concern to me, is the sudden and completely un-necessary changes required of stations operating in the AM mode with carrier and DSB modulation, enjoyed by thousands of amateur stations worldwide. Why make a plan that impinges so greatly on the present reality? But, voluntary or not, my position remains that the plan is defective. Bandplans like this have a history of increasing the stress among amateurs with arguments and finger-pointing. Voluntary plans can 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 present and future communication options. Brian Carling Amateur Radio Licensee, AF4K, G3XLQ ______________________________________________________________ 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.
