Chuck You are right on target. My big question is why are the equipment manufacteurs speaking out??? This whole thing will really hurt them as well... All the expanded SSB gear out there will be obsolete, The PRO III the K-3 the Flex, orion, all of these to out past 3 khz and on am they can go beyond 6 khz. Lots of folks don't understand how dangerous this whole thing is. Not just to the AM Community but far beyond that. Is there not anykind of Lobbying group that can get the ball rolling?? We need to put out our $$ to get this rolling!!! Maybe a Class action on the ARRL would help... Make them spend as well... They are getting just like our politicians using our hard earned $$ to take trips to Brazil.. I wish that I could write a good letter but my letter writing skills are really bad!!
Bob W1PE -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 9:18 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AMRadio] bandplan thoughts I have to agree with Steve.................other than the always present "eager beavers" who will attempt to direct all other amateurs to follow the new IARU bandplan, the fallout from this escapade will not be immediate. It's what comes down the road. Where the ARRL failed a couple of years ago, they have no intent of failing again. The IARU bandplan is now the plank in their platform that will most likely be used to petition the FCC at some future date to change the rules and implement most, if not all, of the bandplan being discussed. Regulation, de-regulation and re-regulation are three words the FCC loves most. Just depends on who greases the wheels and the current political party in charge. Remember when the Radiotelephone First Class Operators License meant something? It was relegated to a GROL, whose value is debatable. Look at the current television industry. It was the FCC who mandated the change in frequencies and the sunset of the current spectrum. HDTV was mandated and after one postponement, the sunset is now a reality. I submit the next move the ARRL makes is one that will be similar to the broadcast television industry. A future date will be made known and the rules amended to reflect a digital spectrum for Amateur Radio. Large chunks of bandwidth will be devoted to emergency and experimental use with modes like AM eliminated and strict bandwidth limitations placed on the SSB operators. Boatanchor rigs will simply not be able to be used. Currently popular rice-boxes will demise and the manufacturers will offer only rigs meeting the new mode/bandwidth requirements. Add-on "converter boxes" will take up the slack between these events. Think not? Look at the ads in QST. No, the sky isn't falling. Chicken Little is still in good shape. And the ARRL won't likely try this in the next month or two. But can it happen? I think so, but I hope I'm wrong. Just a thought and comment. YMMV Flame away! 73 de W4MIL Chuck -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Sent: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 9:33 am Subject: Re: [AMRadio] bandplan thoughts [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Nineteen days till the perceived "amateur radio shakeup". I bet there > will be fireworks to commemorate the occasion. Don't be silly, Pete. There will be no "shakeup" simply because a small group wrote a bandplan in secret. The trouble comes later, as that plan begins to cause stress among amateurs over who is "following the bandplan" or not. There have already been on-air threats of violence made against AMers in relation to the new bandplan. It will also be a point of stress for hi-fi SSB stations, users of vintage gear of all kinds, and various digital mode users. Later still, the IARU bandplan will be held up as an example for other band-planners, such as the ARRL. And later still, there will be a move to make it part of the FCC rules. As my grandfather used to say, "Mark my words..." Steve WD8DAS ************************************** See AOL's top rated recipes (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004) ______________________________________________________________ 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. ________________________________________________________________________ More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail ! - http://webmail.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. ______________________________________________________________ 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.
