Bruce, It is NOT the ARRL that made this decision. It was the FCC! I don't understand why a number of people, including yourself, have been saying such things.
The government decision was not based upon ARRL's proposal, but took into consideration the many other comments and came up with a political decision that seemed right to them. There is NO discussion with "all involved," Bruce. What actually happens is that anyone can make a proposal and others can comment upon them. The ARRL has no control over this in any way. Some of their other proposals were accepted, but not the changes to 80 meters. I would be very surprised if the ARRL leadership was not appalled at the changes to 80 meters since it wreaks havoc with the Section CW nets which are a significant portion of the ARRL Field Organization. Consider that the Section nets, voice and CW here in my Section and sometimes even digital in some other Sections, form a significant determinant as to who is elected as SM. That position has total control of all appointments in the Section. Erosion of the net structure weakens this control. ARRL leadership is very supportive of digital modes, and I think it is fair to say even more than the average member or even the average ham. Steve Ford is the editor of QST and it would be hard to find anyone more supportive of digital technology. 73, Rick, KV9U bruce mallon wrote: >OK at least someone answered this I AGREE ( and i'm >not a code guy ) that this dosn't look well thought >out and that any changes in the phone bands should >have been discussed with ALL INVOLVED. > >BUT TRUE TO THE ARRL's new way of doing things they >gave away the CW bands with little thought as to what >this would do to all others including PSK ect. > >The only brite thing is they did not distroy the 6 and >2 meter bands for now ..... ( YET ) > >Bruce WA4GCH >SMIRK# 70 ( issued 2/74) >QCWA, OOTC >life member ARRL ( and still costing them money ) >on 6 since 66 > > > >--- KV9U <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>Bruce, >> >>Yes, the FCC has now taken away many kilohertz of >>CW/Data/RTTY >>priveleges from Advanced and General Class hams. The >>most egregious >>issue is the loss of the NTS CW frequencies that >>have been around nearly >>forever in ham radio time. >> >>It is simply not possible to run CW traffic nets >>with only Extra Class >>licensees. You need to bring in new people. Many of >>us started out on >>the WNN (Wisconsin Novice Net) which had to be in >>the Novice part of the >>band, then moved to the WSSN (WI Slow Speed Net - >>which means more like >>10 to 15 wpm) and then eventually to the WIN-E and >>WIN-L (WI Intra-State >>Net Early and Late). Although I am no longer active >>with CW nets, but >>used to be a WSSN NCS, I do find them pretty amazing >>to listen to for >>traffic handling. Typically much faster than voice >>traffic if you have >>savvy operators. Of course, there are fewer of them >>now as the old guard >>passes. >> >>I contacted my STM and had a long talk with him via >>telecon a couple of >>days ago. At the time he hoped that there would be >>some clarification >>that would allow all classes to continue using the >>3600 to 3750 sub band >>for CW. Apparently, it is not to be! >> >>This afternoon, he sent out an e-mail to let >>everyone know that the >>entire Wisconsin Section Traffic Nets are moving >>down to 3.555. The only >>good thing you could say is that all the Wisconsin >>Nets will be on this >>one frequency in lieu of the current use of three >>separate frequencies. >>At least the Tech Plus and Novices can operate at >>the new frequency too >>but there are not very many in these shrinking >>groups since no new >>licenses can be issued. But I just can not imagine >>how difficult it will >>be to operate during weekends when there are >>contests on CW/Digital. >> >>These changes are big changes. >> >>73, >> >>Rick, KV9U >> >> >> Need a Digital mode QSO? Connect to Telnet://cluster.dynalias.org Other areas of interest: The MixW Reflector : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/themixwgroup/ DigiPol: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Digipol (band plan policy discussion) Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalradio/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalradio/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
