Last time I checked SSB was a form of AM. Maybee Mr. Johnston is a CW only opp?? klc
----- Original Message ----- From: Donald Chester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 0:28 am Subject: RE: [AMRadio] How can we rid the HF bands of AM ? > > > >I was reading though the recent freebie copy of World Radio News > today, and > >someone had written in asking how "we could rid the HF bands of > AM" !!! > >They didn't publish the call of who asked the question. The > issue is at > >my > >office now, so I can't provide the page number, but it's in one > of the "ask > >your question" sections. > > In WorldRadio (the west coast ham radio rag published on > newsprint), John B. > Johnston, W3BE, retired chief of the Rulemaking Division of the > Private > Radio Bureau of the FCC that used to be in charge of ham radio > rulemaking > matters, publishes a monthly column on RULES & REGS. The column > is > basically Q-A format, with Johnston sometimes inserting his own > comments as > a "W3BE-O-GRAM." > > Many readers of this forum will recall that Mr. Johnston seemed to > pursue a > consistently anti-AM policy throughout the 20+ years he was > involved with > FCC rulemaking. He first gained notoriety within the AM community > when he > advocated eliminating AM, in the guise of "deregulation," under > the > mid-1970's bandwidth proposal in Docket 20777 (not unlike the > proposal that > ARRL is currently discussing). Later, he was a strong defender of > the 1990 > AM power reduction, and typcially replied to objections from the > amateur > community by putting a spin on his response in such a manner to > totally > evade whatever issue was brought up. > > In the June 2005 column most of the Q-A's are about Field Day and > who can > and cannot operate a given licensee's station, but here's the one > Mark was > referring to: > > Q: How can we rid our HF bands of AM? > > A. That would require an amendment to Section 97.3(c)(5), at least. > > W3BE-O-GRAM: That would be much harder done than said. > > > Don K4KYV > > > ______________________________________________________________ > AMRadio mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html > Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net >