I am somewhat relieved, if still confused about the language. Also, I am
certainly glad I never took up the law as a profession - the language used
is designed to confuse everyone else, and probably half the lawyers.
I am dead set against ANY automatic mode use of our bands during normal
operational times. Having such, for emergency use, I do understand and
could condone. The problem with that, of course, is the necessity to
exercise the system so it, and the operators, will be ready in case of a
real emergency situation. Being that these systems are becoming a quasi-arm
of the government I believe they should be assigned non-amateur frequencies,
but near the present ham assignments so that the antennas and propagation
will not be such that they cannot be quickly moved onto the ham bands during
a valid emergency situation. We simply do not have the spectrum to allow
such modes on to our limited assignments in the hf bands, and still allow
for normal amateur use of QSOs, contests, etc. Semi-automatic is just one
step better than fully-automatic operation. Neither one will provide
compliance of the rule to insure the frequencies are clear, before both ends
transmit.
Thanks for the information. The ARRL would be well advised to insure such
information is thoroughly propagated not only to members, but to the general
ham population as well. Printing information in QST is simply not enough.
They also need a way to speak in words that the general population would
understand and to translate the legalese to plain old English.
Danny Douglas N7DC
ex WN5QMX ET2US WA5UKR ET3USA
SV0WPP VS6DD N7DC/YV5 G5CTB all
DX 2-6 years each
.
QSL LOTW-buro- direct
As courtesy I upload to eQSL but if you
use that - also pls upload to LOTW
or hard card.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "John Champa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 10:40 AM
Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Report of the ARRL Ad Hoc HF Digital Committee
Dissenting Recommendation
> Danny,
>
> I think this LONG e-mail from Jim will clear this up....
>
> 73,
> John
> K8OCL
>
>
