Perhaps at the time but I think the after the Board meeting in January and with a new President thinking on his own, things may be changing...I think are changing. I think we kicked them in the back side and woke up some of the OFs.
John Champa wrote: > PS - Rick is correct about one item. Those > policy recommendations were part of the reason > the ARRL disbanded the HSMM Working Group. > > They didn't like hearing those sorts of things. > Most Hams wouldn't like that sort of change > no matter how painless we tried to make it. > > I have been a Ham since I was 15, and I hope > the service survives beyond my life, but I am > not making taking any bets. > > This is the digital radio forum isn't it? (HI) > > 73, > John > K8OCL > > > > ----Original Message Follows- > From: Chuck Mayfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com > To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [digitalradio] "legal Mode" guidelines > Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2007 13:25:32 -0500 > > OK this is starting to look like character assassination. Please > excuse me while I still have my character > 73, Chuck AA5J > > At 01:12 PM 3/18/2007, kv9u wrote: > > >Bruce, > > > >You have to understand that John and his group have (had?), very > >different agendas than most hams, and that includes digitally oriented > >hams. Hopefully, he is one of the few U.S. hams who publicly recommend > >deliberately and knowingly violating Part 97 rules. > > > >It seems to me that the most reasonable thing to do, when you do not > >agree with the current rules, is to petition the FCC to have the rules > >changed. > > > >But you may expect a significant backlash if your requests are too > >extreme. John's group also recommended to the ARRL Board of Directors > that: > > > >"If bandwidth limits are required above 148 MHz, we recommend a 200 kHz > >limit up to 225 MHz, 10 MHz limit up to 1300 MHz .... a 45 MHz limit up > >to 5,925 ... and no limit above 10,000 MHz. > > > > ><http://www.conmicro.cx/~jmaynard/arrlhsmm.pdf>http://www.conmicro.cx/~jmaynard/arrlhsmm.pdf > > > >Needless to say, this may be part of the reason that the HSMM Working > >Group was dissolved by the ARRL board. They also supported encryption on > >amateur radio frequencies above 50 MHz. > > > > ><http://www.qsl.net/kb9mwr/projects/wireless/hsmm.html>http://www.qsl.net/kb9mwr/projects/wireless/hsmm.html > > > >I don't feel that I am being unfair to say that these are things that > >the overwhelming majority of hams would strongly oppose here in the U.S. > > > >73, > > > >Rick, KV9U > > > >bruce mallon wrote: > > > This is from the same guys that want to distroy 6 > > > meters with 200 khz wide signals? > > > > > > Nice very nice ..... > > > > > > > > > --- John Champa <<mailto:k8ocl%40hotmail.com>[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > >> Rod, > > >> > > >> I have NEVER heard of any Amateur being fined by the > > >> FCC > > >> for experimenting with a new mode...so what "serious > > >> trouble"? > > >> Radio experimenting is one of the reasons our > > >> service was established! > > >> Wouldn't that be just a bit counter-productive to be > > >> so heavy handed? > > >> > > >> I agree with LA4VNA. We have too many punk amateur > > >> barracks lawyers > > >> trying to muck around with the few of us still left > > >> trying to develop new > > >> technology. They're always writing "That's illegal" > > >> while they just sit on > > >> their fat b---- doing NOTHING else but trying to > > >> find something in the > > >> regs prohibiting everything new that comes down the > > >> road. > > >> > > >> Such folks are a cancer in what is otherwise a > > >> wonderful avocation! > > >> > > >> 73, > > >> John > > >> K8OCL > > >> > > >> > > > > > >No virus found in this incoming message. > >Checked by AVG Free Edition. > >Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.13/725 - Release Date: > >3/17/2007 12:33 PM > > > > > > > Announce your digital presence via our DX Cluster > telnet://cluster.dynalias.org > > Our other groups: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dxlist/ > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/themixwgroup > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/contesting > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wnyar > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Omnibus97 > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > >
