Dave, You make several excellent points! OK...Chris isn't perfect ($%#@).
Plus, the recent "alternative" ARRL proposal causes me some concern. For example, might we not want some digital mode above 3 kHz someday? How about one spot on just a few bands where up to 6 kHz is permitted? Why take away privileges we already have in the name of our own self-defense? It doesn't make any sense to me. 73, John K8OCL ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Dave Bernstein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: [digitalradio] Re: Report of the ARRL Ad Hoc HF Digital Committee Dissenting Recommendation Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2007 00:51:39 -0000 >>>AA6YQ comments below --- In [email protected], "John Champa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 1. Not the attorney, silly! I had to pay my attorney when I was forced to take legal action against other Radio Amateurs, but it was my unpaid volunteer efforts he was defending. Are we in an adult conversation here, or what? >>>It was the attorney that made the error, John. From the document you forwarded: "It is apparent that this inadvertent error, which is exclusively that of undersigned counsel for ARRL, has resulted in some serious misunderstandings, which are regrettable." 2. The Board (remember, those unpaid volunteers?) did seek broad input. But you know most Hams, they don't respond until the UFO lands in their backyard (HI). >>>Really? Where exactly what this broad input sought? I checked the "Amateur Radio News" section of the ARRL's web site going all the way back to 2007-01-01 and could find no mention of a proposed FCC submission that amateurs could review. >>>The ARRL did float its draft bandwidth petition before submitting it to the FCC, but then ignored all of the negative reaction to the proposal's expansion of semi-automatic operation and provided no response whatsoever to the issues raised. If you don't like their actions, then vote them out of office! That is, of course, assuming you are an ARRL member, otherwise I wouldn't bother having this discussion. >>>If I don't like the ARRL's actions, highlighting the shortcomings of those actions to many ARRL members is a far more effective way to accomplish positive change than by casting a single vote. Yes, I am an ARRL member. I think my Director (Jim, GLD) did a great job of damage control, so he continues to have my full support. >>>Perhaps we'd be better off with directors who wouldn't need to display their skills at damage control quite so frequently. 73, Dave, AA6YQ
