The ARRL, a small, non-profit publishing company in Newington Connecticut, has abandoned a threat to impose a system of bandwidth segregation on the various modes and activities on HF below 10 meters.
In an email to the club's volunteer administrators, Dave Sumner, the company's highest-paid, unelected staffer, seems to have acknowledged the overwhelming opposition arrayed against his group's plan the past several years. The threat to AM was specific and unquestionable -- it would have imposed the first-ever, numerical constraints on bandwidth without providing a means for licensees to ensure compliance and ward off unwarranted complaints from those who do not participate in this mode and activity. The scheme would also have characterized AM as a "footnote" that otherwise would not be in compliance with their misguided system of bandwidth segregation. Sumner wrote, in part, Quote Regulation by bandwidth rather than by mode of emission remains controversial below 28 MHz because of perceived potential impact on established operating patterns, so these proposals were removed from the list with one narrow exception. Those who subscribe to the ARRL can pursue the full text, which contains several insults and additional patronizing language to those of us who dared to question the scheme their group tried to slip through. Keywords: --And for the truly paranoid --don't know all the facts --making their complaints and threats --have other motives It is important to note that the club continues to try to sneak through the small, remaining portion of their scheme that opponents had not, until now, chosen to challenge. Fresh opposition remarks about the fraction the League continues to push are now being filed and accepted on the FCC's Electronic Comment Filing System. The latest challenges join the carefully considered, well-reasoned arguments that gave the ARRL a severe spanking and refuted that group's earlier threat to AM that they now have abandoned. This appears to be the system of feedback the group in Newington prefers. Paul/VJB ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss an email again! Yahoo! Toolbar alerts you the instant new Mail arrives. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/ ______________________________________________________________ AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Partner Website: http://www.amfone.net Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.