Bernie, you're so right. The issue is really the attempt to regulate by bandwidth. Setting limits will certainly lead to yet more stress and grief between hams, but is meaningless unless you measure it properly.
Steve WD8DAS [email protected] http://www.wd8das.net/ -------------------------------------------------------------------- Radio is your best entertainment value. -------------------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: Bernie Doran <[email protected]> To: Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service <[email protected]> Sent: Sun, Mar 7, 2010 8:04 pm Subject: Re: [AMRadio] AM IARU Region 2 Bandplan This does not sound like it is going well, 6kc, might as well go to ssb. I always object to small groups coming up with " great ideas" to help the rest of us. arrl does not represent me or the majority of hams. lets see, we can not eat fat food, salt, burn gasoline, etc. etc. all a suggested 6kc bandwidth will do is produce more comments from those that immeadiatly think it is law, after all "I saw it on the internet" guess my KWS1 is also no good as it is 3.1 kc . Bernie ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2010 7:36 PM Subject: Re: [AMRadio] AM IARU Region 2 Bandplan > In addition to sending my comments to the feedback email address > provided, I also wrote directly to League officials, and received a > reply from the President, Kay N3KN. > > - - - - - - - - > Thank you for your comments. The Region 2 band plan accommodates DSB AM > operation. For example, if you look at the segment 7100 - 7130, you > will see a asterisk by the 2700 bandwidth. Then scroll to the bottom of > the entire chart to find the reference for that asterisk, which says, > "DSB AM allowed in this segment with a maximum bandwidth of 6 kHz." > The omission of the AM calling frequency on 80 meters was accidental > and will be remedied in > the revision. > > The Region 2 band plan is not part of the FCC's Rules and has no > regulatory effect upon us in the USA. The current version does not and > the revised version will not have any adverse effect upon your > enjoyment of the Amateur bands using the modes you and your friends > prefer. > > Kay N3KN > - - - - - - - - > > I replied... > > - - - - - - - - > > Kay - > > Thank you for your reply. Your response doesn't really address my > concerns, as I'm not calling for some sort of special "exception" for > certain modes. Sounds like you've prepared well for complaints from the > AM community, but I question the whole business segregation by > bandwidth. > > How many hams do you know that can measure occupied bandwidth in their > shack? Can you? > > Or do you rely upon the type of mode (CW, computer, voice, etc) to > decide where best to operate? I'm betting that you, like 99% of hams, > are not measuring their bandwidth but instead making assumptions based > on modes-compatibility. > > Steve WD8DAS > > [email protected] > http://www.wd8das.net/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Radio is your best entertainment value. > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Post: [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] with > the word unsubscribe in the message body. > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ 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 Post: [email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] with the word unsubscribe in the message body. This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ 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 Post: [email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] with the word unsubscribe in the message body. This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
