Don, I agree that it does not serve the League's agenda for them to acknowledge the affirmation of AM activity in the IARU Region 1 band plan.
Pete, Thanks for trying to convince the ARRL to revise its "coverage" of the Region 1 summary. The response from their press aide indicates she misunderstood your request. You did not ask them to rewrite the IARU's final minutes, did you ? To both of you, is there any value in your asking any ranking represenatives in Region 1 to, in turn, ask the ARRL to more properly acknowledge the important details in the chart the League's press release has published ? I would appreciate your help in pursuing this. Would you both be willing to have your remarks further published in Electric Radio? I have been told by Ray that he intends to publish my report as a "letter to the Editor," to those who aren't on this Reflector. It would be nice to include you in the discussion. Please let me know, here or offline. Paul ------- Pete, I take it this is the specific wording, related to AM, you questioned the League for omitting: (source: IARU website, dateline Cavtat, Croatia) http://www.iaru-r1.org/Cavtat%20papers.htm Sideband Usage Below 10MHz use lower sideband (LSB), above 10 MHz use upper sideband (USB) Amplitude modulation (AM) may be used in the telephony sub-bands providing consideration is given to adjacent channel users. DEFINITIONS: All modes CW, SSB and those modes listed as Centres of Activity, plus AM (Consideration should be given to adjacent channel users). --------------------------- > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2008 09:25:36 -0600 > From: "D. Chester" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [AMRadio] AM accomodated in IARU Region 1 > Bandplan > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; > charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Thanks, Paul, for digging out "the rest of the > story". > > > Interesting, that there is no mention of this in the ARRL > Letter news report > regarding the revised Region 1 band plan for 40m. The > wording of their news > item leaves the distinct impression that the Plan > recommends for all phone > emissions to be limited to 2700 Hz. This could be a simple > oversight in > reporting, which would demonstrate at the very least the > writer's dismissal > of the significance of the AM community in amateur radio, > or it could have > been a deliberate omission, (sour grapes, maybe, or a > subtle expression of > unstated League policy supporting the Region 2 decision), > considering the > following: > > > > Don k4kyv > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 9 > Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2008 13:18:23 -0500 > From: Peter Markavage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [AMRadio] AM accomodated in IARU Region 1 > Bandplan > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > I sent this message to the e-mail link for this story on > the ARRL's web > page and what also appeared in the weekly ARRL Letter. At > this point, it > seems they have chosen not to make any revisions to their > original news > report. > Pete, wa2cwa > > -----Original Message----- > From: Peter Markavage [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sun 11/30/2008 2:45 PM > To: awextra > Subject: IARU Region 1 Meeting News Item > > Reference news item: > http://www.remote.arrl.org/news/stories/2008/11/29/10474/?nc=1 > > The revised Region 1 band plan chart for 40 meters is > shown, which was > defined on page 9 of the IARU Region 1's final > minutes. However, you > omitted the items on page 10 of the same minutes which > further clarifies > the chart. The items include "Sideband Usage", > "Definitions", and > "Notes". Without these items, the chart > doesn't tell the whole story and > will, most likely, lead to confusion and concern. > > Pete, WA2CWA > > Pete-- > > Thank you for your note. Unfortunately, we can't > reprint the final > plenary minutes. As such, we provided the link in the first > sentence of > the article. This enables interested parties, such as > yourself, to take a > closer look into it. > > Have a good rest-of-Thanksgiving-weekend! > > 73, > S. Khrystyne Keane, K1SFA > ARRL News Editor > ARRL - the national association for Amateur Radio > 860.594.0237 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------- > > ************************************** ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ 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.
