We won't have to "give" the bands back; we won't have that option here in the US. A few more Petitions, more tradition fueled Proposed Rulemaking Laments from the ARRL and the continued bickering of folks who have the sole purpose in life of stoking their own ego.....And the FCC will relieve us of the burden of giving the HF bands back. The amount of money distributed within the D700 bill put more government agency ownership of amateur radio stations than has ever been witnessed before. The perks dangled in front of government and ESF employees to procure an Amateur Radio license puts the individual operator who uses his equipment in the "optional" category of folks to be invited to an official emergency event. The Katrina AAR once again gave FEMA a black eye. They are very accomplished in being a national embarrassment, and decided to vote with funding to further distribute the blame in the coming disasters. Amateur Radio scored high marks in the aftermath of Katrina. FEMA/DHS made sure that enough money was thrown at Amateur Radio to have a properly registered scape goat prior to the next helping of humble pie. We are performing exactly the way we are expected to in our entirely rational, knowledgeable, non-opinionated appraisal of the expansion of digital modes. NOT! There is nothing new here. We are doing exactly what we do best; resisting change and living in the past. The real tragedy is that we are the only ones that don't see this. Others not only see this, they count on it, take it to the bank and use it to grow crops. We produce some of the best fossil fuel available, and do it profusely. The average age of the Amateur Radio operator is somewhat north of 60 decades in existence. Attrition is also likely to prevent our having to worry about giving the HF spectrum back to the Government. It will shrink in proportion to the among of resources (Operators) available to use it. If folks would utilize the time they spend complaining learning to be better operators, learning to work through interference, learning to master the features of the equipment they operate, learning to operate alternative modes, and most of all, learning to communicate... then, and only then would we be able to take tropics such as the one before us and turn the discussion from the long honored tradition of exercising our inflated egos by slinging opinions around and actually entering into a discussion that could have positive results. But, it won't happen; the FCC Will take spectrum back, long before we ever evolve to the point of becoming better operators and having constructive discussion for the common good. I think your Crystal Ball is receiving just fine.... David KD4NUE
-----Original Message----- From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of b_totten Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 11:41 AM To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Subject: [digitalradio] Re: FCC: "Petition to Kill Digital Advancement" Why don't we just simply give the bands back to the FCC and then let the government run emergency comm. That would solve the whole mess. (LOL) More Government, More Regulations, More Law Suits.... --- In digitalradio@ <mailto:digitalradio%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com, Rodney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I too, agree with the petition! There NEEDS to be some reining back of some, if not A LOT of the HF, as well as VHF & UHF band operators! > > I'm NOT a fan of Internet Radio (IRLP or Echolink). Internet is NOT Radio! A LOT of these IRLP and Echo link nodes are oblivious to the fact that there ARE other people using that particular frequency and jump in over the top of them. This can be life threatening in an emergency! > > I'm FOR "some" regulation or regrouping! > > Rod > KC7CJO >
