>seems they are trying to squeeze us into "special segments", >such as the 30 Kc. segment Kay mentioned, only 5 Kc. of >which are in the U.S. fone band!
I'm having trouble understanding what they are trying to accomplish. Maybe it is just a matter of power and control by people who think they are bigshots. The regulation by bandwidth business is certainly about control. But why bother? As others have said well, regulations increase while fewer and fewer hams actually get on the air. It may also be a effort to drive people to buy new equipment that meets such specifications. For example, a country might say in their ham rules that licensees will follow the IARU bandplan, and use only equipment which meets IARU requirements. That would rule out a lot of old SSB and AM gear, as their published specs do not meet the undefined yet written IARU 2700 Hz requirement. And homebrew would be right out, as the specs are not available on paper somewhere. Steve WD8DAS ______________________________________________________________ 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
