Dave, Another good point! The ARRL does NOT, I believe, listen much to non-members...and that is the way it should be!
Their main concern is to keep it's members happy, which is OK, as long as it's for the ultimate good of the service...that can be a very tough balance act! 73, John K8OCL ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Dave Bernstein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: [digitalradio] Re: Tearing Down USA's Data Wall (300 symbols/second) Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 04:10:42 -0000 >>>AA6YQ comments below --- In [email protected], Walt DuBose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: But is 1471 such a large number given that there are about 500,000 active amateur radio operators in the U.S. and more than 200,000 on HF? >>>Yes. Here's the ARRL's characterization back when there were only ~900 comments: "There were more than 900 comments filed in response to the ARRL Petition. This inordinately large response to a petition for rule making was expected by ARRL." (from http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/prod/ecfs/retrieve.cgi? native_or_pdf=pdf&id_document=6518329398 ) >>>Would a response characterized by the ARRL as "inordinately large" not be sufficient to warrant attention? Its since grown by more than 50% >>>And you've chosen the wrong denominator. The correct one is "number of ARRL members". 73, Dave, AA6YQ
