I've been corresponding gently and respectfully with League and IARU officials (sometimes of course they are the same) in opposition to the new "band plan" that places restrictive limitations on transmitted signal bandwidths on the bands 160 - 10m. I've also compared notes with friends who are doing the same.
A couple main themes have emerged... The typical response from these officials has been defensiveness and condescension. They would prefer that we just ignore the bandplan because it is "voluntary", because we "don't understand the purpose", because it is "really meant for other countries in Region 2", or (believe it or not) "the new plan is not restrictive in nature"(?). Also, putting all the responses together seems to confirm that, in spite of their protests to the contrary, the ARRL representatives at the IARU conference argued for the tightening-up of the bandwidth and mode limitations. One IARU rep said, "That was an ARRL suggestion. They were worried that some people were using quite wider (bandwidths)." Interestingly, responses to our messages to ARRL Directors and Vice-Directors have been either non-existent, or demonstrate complete ignorance of the issue. I urge everyone to contact your ARRL Directors and Vice-Directors (see http://www.arrl.org/divisions/ ) and educate them about what is happening at the IARU. Steve Johnston, WD8DAS 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.
