Don...Did you forget us guys in the 50's that had Extra Class Freq's as Generals and that we got sold down the river With Incentive Licensing???? You talk about not getting kissed. All of a sudden we were looking at a 20WPM test...Just to gain back what we had!!! Took me till late 80's to get there...
Bob W1PE -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] t [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] n.qth.net] On Behalf Of D. Chester Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 2:26 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [AMRadio] Re: IARU - VP ARRL contact by WD5BZO > The fact that the ARRL hasn't expressly declared war on AM doesn't > mean they haven't done their utmost to discourage its use. You can > destroy something without overtly attacking it. It can be as simple as > neglect, or saying 'don't worry, it won't hurt you'. I'm not into > conspiracies, but given the ARRL's track record...let's just say I'm > skeptical of their intentions. > > ~ Todd, KA1KAQ I recall during the Docket 20777 proceeding (the original "regulation-by-bandwidth" proposal, which would have eliminated AM altogether on all frequencies below 28.5 mHz) a League representative spoke at an ARRL convention I attended at the Statler Hilton hotel in Boston. The subject of AM came up, and she said that the ARRL's policy towards AM could best be described as one of "benign neglect". She went on to say that the League would be opposed to outlawing AM outright, but preferred to "let it die a natural death". Docket 20777 was the first real wake-up call to the AM community that there was a genuine danger that AM might be eliminated by the rulemaking process, and to the FCC, the League and others, that there was strong interest in the mode and that the AM community was a force to be dealt with. When John Johnston became lifetime head of the rulemaking division of the FCC in charge of amateur radio matters, there appeared a whole string of rulemaking proposals that would have crippled AM in one way or another if not eliminated it altogether. During the 70's and 80's we were constantly destracted from enjoying our hobby by the necessity of having to repeatedly defend our position. This all culminated in the only proposal that actually made it through into the rules to damage the status of AM, the power limit issue. Perhaps it's because those of us who have been licensed since the mid 70's were conditioned over a period of years to feeling a constant threat to our mode of choice, that there is still a strong reaction whenever a threat to the well-being of AM is perceived. To me, this is perfectly understandable and for a good reason. Don k4kyv ______________________________ ______________________________ __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.ht ml List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman /listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.h tml Post: mailto:[email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] t with the word unsubscribe in the message body. ______________________________________________________________ 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.
