Those are some good points Mike. 73, Ellen - AF9J On Vacation today - Yeah!
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Sawyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 8:44 AM Subject: [AMRadio] IARU Reg.2 MF/HF Bandplan > > Here is my response to the main players in the band plan proposal. You will > note I still show the same amount of disdain for a certain radio > dis-organization in it that I do here and on the AMFone.net board. Also, no > 'Mod-U-Lator' at the end. > Mod-U-Lator, > Mike(y) > W3SLK > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Mike Sawyer > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 9:00 AM > Subject: IARU Reg.2 MF/HF Bandplan > > > Gentlemen, > > My name is Mike Sawyer, W3SLK and I'm writing in response to the IARU Reg. 2 > Band plan which was proposed in September 2007 and scheduled to go into > effect January 2008. First a little information about myself, I’m not a > radio engineer, nor am I associated with any commercial communications > group. Nor am I a member of the A.R.R.(gghh)L. I have been involved with > amateur radio since about 1974 and celebrate it as the reason for my > employment in the electronics field. > By now you have probably been inundated with numerous emails and > communications regarding the band plan. It is not my intention to rehash > what has been previously been stated but to ask three simple questions. > > Question#1: Why wasn't there any survey or input from amateur radio > operators in the U.S. since the bandwidth proposals where requested by > A.R.R.(gghh)L. representatives? Since the (be)League(d) only represents > 20~25% of licensed amateurs in the U.S. and represents all of them at the > IARU Reg. 2. > > Question#2: Why was the following paragraph that was present in the 1998 > bandwidth proposal omitted from the 2008 proposal? > ".....These band plans are voluntary and as such cannot legally be enforced, > except in some countries in which the band plans are written into the > national regulations. The vast majority of amateurs in all countries do > conform to the IARU band plans and it is in our own interest that it should > continue to be this way. The plans are prepared in a democratic way with > input from any > country's member society. The plans are discussed, modified and voted upon > at IARU Regional General Assemblies with each country (large or small) > having only one vote. If an individual or group is not satisfied with the > band plans as they are and has a suggestion for improvement then he should > submit it, with as much documentation as possible, to his IARU member > society......" > > Question#3: If these will not effect our operation and are purely > voluntary, why put so much time, effort, travel, and money into establishing > them? If we are to keep operating the way we are now, we (U.S. amateurs) > will not be the vast majority that conform! > > You will have noticed that I hold nothing but contempt and cynicism for > the A.R.R.(gghh)L. Due to issues like F.C.C. Petition RM-11306, it has > hardened my stance against the (be)League(d). Also having been employed in > different venues of electronics, I am wise to the notion of "Incremental > Change." I think I speak for my brethren/sisters of the amateur radio > community when I paraphrase a quote from the poet Dylan Thomas: "We will not > go gently into that good night!" > > Sincerely, > Mike Sawyer > W3SLK > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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. > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.33/1133 - Release Date: 11/15/2007 8:57 PM > > ______________________________________________________________ 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.
