----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2007 5:45 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: NFCC votes to recommend FCC treat all repeaters as repeaters
[snip] >>Most coordinators have gone on record as not agreeing with what you are >>doing. It's time you accept that and admit your mistake. > > 19 not agreeing, 11 agreeing. Doesn't sound very conclusive to > me. Sometimes (like in this case), the majority can be misled, especially > when there's nothing to be gained for the majority. > And the Easter Bunny lives under my bay window, the Tooth Fairy comes & goes thru our doggy door, and there's reindeer poop on my roof on Christmas morning.... The motion that was called to a vote said absolutely nothing about support for TASMA's proposal, now, did it, Bob? It dealt ONLY with approval or disapproval of sending a letter to Bill Cross at the FCC stating the NFCC's position on what is or isn't a repeater. Who says that even *ONE* dissenting vote, other than your own, reflects agreement with TASMA's position that a *2-meter* D-Star repeater is in auxiliary operation and therefore eligible to operate in the 145.5 - 145.8 sub-band, and not merely the oft-expressed desire not to force the FCC to take a stand on the definition of D-Star? The ARRL has already stated that TASMA's proposal is "at variance" with the ongoing correspondence between them and the FCC. My thesaurus lists the following items synonymous with "at variance:" "discrepant," "contrary to," "not in agreement with," "out of step with," among others. That sure doesn't seem to jive with your statement here on 9/21: >>As far as the ARRL's involvement in the "what is D-Star" debate, after >>talking to our officials it's clear that their concern was simply the >>potential for interference from uncoordinated D-Star systems to other >>simplex modes of communication. TASMA's proactive stance in the matter >>appears to be well received, & I expect a positive closure to be >>forthcoming." This is my last post on the subject. You should be hearing from Riley soon enough.
