Bill, My comment about the tax saving was a joke. They would just find another way to tax us anyway. What got all of this started was my comment about deregulating the ham bands. I don't even think the ARRL would want to get into policing the bands. It would be too costly to them.
Joe W4JSI ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, December 08, 2006 9:53 AM Subject: [digitalradio] Demise of the 11 meter band Joe Ivey wrote: "the tax money we would save from not having to have >the enforcement division." What division is that? John, VE5MU wrote: "Seems to me that Hams lost 11M because of all the RFI it was creating on 55-60mhz which were the popular TV channels" Channel 2 TVI was mainly caused by nearby 6 meter operation. That, along with a poor receiver front-end design and 21 Mhz IF didn't help when in a strong RF field of any transmitter. The 11 meter band was lost due to little activity and a big political push by certain manufactures to create a new market for their wares. It worked. Carry on Bill Harris w7kxb
