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.
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