In my opinion, the two changes that would make the most improvement to our hobby would be:
1> Cease the marginalization of the AM mode and rightly consider it another mode of phone operation that should not be limited to any sub-band or minor portion of the total phone allocation regardless of the bandwidth that it consumes. (Nobody's attacking the ESSB'ers) AND 2> Require all contests to be restricted to a portion of all bands of intended operation so as to preserve an unobstructed area of all bands for non-contesters. Other than that, quit making more stupid rules and leave us alone. 73, ldb K5WLF kj4...@aol.com wrote: > > > Band plan sand plan - thank God they are plans not rules. Talk > where you want according to the actual rules. The contesters > completely demolished entire bands this weekend. If I want to talk > AM in a phone section, I am going to do it. > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- From: Gary Blau <gb...@w3am.com> To: > Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service > <amradio@mailman.qth.net> Sent: Sun, Mar 7, 2010 10:38 pm Subject: > Re: [AMRadio] AM IARU Region 2 Bandplan > > > Whether or not this is their goal, (which as you point out isn't > clear), it is an important point. Ham equipment is manufactured for > the international market. That means we are at risk of being 'lowest > common denominatored' into things we really may not want > domestically, like ROHS standards that sprang from the EU, or the > Kyoto protocol, carbon taxes, etc., etc. > > Any additional bandwidth restrictions in any band plan, even if it > does not pertain to us as she is saying, makes little sense in > today's world of SDR rigs, new modes, and rapidly moving technology. > > The spectrum should be wide open for experimentation and innovation, > not artificially micromanaged to death. > > Gary W3AM > > sbjohns...@aol.com wrote: > >> ...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/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List > Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: > AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to > amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net 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/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List > Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: > AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to > amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net 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/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net 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
