Let me put on my Administrator hat gang. All right. I'm this close to ruling this subject out of bounds.
John, I am well aware of your opinion of the ARRL on this matter, and on the matter of wide bandwith PMBO and PACTOR III stations from your posts on the Talk Forum on QRZ.COM. These matters are of just enough of interest to most DX'ers that I am not yet going to ask that the discussion be curtailled, but if it continues onto a non-DX tangent, then it will fall outside the purview of the purpose of this reflector. Regardless: A more appropriate forum for these discussions already exist, and I think it would be wiser for those who wish to pursue these subjects do so on the existing discussion threads over on the QRZ.COM forums, rather than start another argument (on items that barely touch on DX matters) here. That is a strong suggestion at this point, gang. And let me be clear: I don't wish to stifle the discussion per se, but this is very probably not the place for it. 73, ron w3wn administrator, dx chat -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of John Warren Sent: Monday, November 26, 2007 8:40 AM To: Bryan Edwards W5KFT Cc: dx-chat@njdxa.org Subject: [DX-CHAT] Re: CQ Magazine Editorial >I haven't gotten my CQ for December and lots of the guys don't take it. >Would you mind giving us all a summary and your thoughts on both sides of >the discussion? That's a tough assignment Bryan. It's a complicated subject, and it took W2VU a full page of fine print to present the arguments. What I'm most worried about is the plan to "establish segments for automatically controlled wide-bandwidth (2700Hz) digital stations on all HF bands except 160M and 30M". These "robot" station segments are typically right at the low (DX) end of the U.S. 'phone bands. Currently data transmission is not permitted there. We have enough trouble trying to find tiny gaps to work 40M SSB DX now, with digital QRM everywhere. ARRL wants to make it even worse, by edict. They are entitled to their view, but their tactics are sneaky. Allegedly IARU Region II has ALREADY adopted the plan, to take effect Jan 1 2008. At this stage it's voluntary for the national governing bodies (e.g.the FCC), but next the pressure will build. BTW, surely anyone who is serious about DXing/contesting MUST subscribe to CQ Magazine ? How can anyone participate without it? 73, John, NT5C. Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org