Thanks Steve, I adapted this to my non-ARRL situation and sent a smiliar letter by e-mail to all of the same folks.
Great job! > > [EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED],9y4ned > @tst > t.net.tt,[EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL > PROTECTED] > .net > .tt,[EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL > PROTECTED],rlean > dro@ > cantv.net,[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Dear IARU Officer - > > I see that the IARU has adopted, effective Jan 1 2008, a new "MF/HF band > plan" for Region 2 that places restrictive limitations on transmitted > signal > bandwidths and overlooks common modes and practices on the bands 160 - > 10m. > > I am VERY much against such limits - tight regulation and restrictions > like > these goes completely against the experimental and innovative aspects of > ham > radio. As a member of ARRL, which is the US member society of IARU, I > urge you > to stop this plan from going into effect. > > I understand that it is a voluntary plan, but because it does not match > common practice on the bands today it will be ignored by thousands of > operators. > Why make a plan that doesn't match present reality? > > But, voluntary or not, my position remains that plan is defective. > Bandplans > like this have a history of increasing the stress among amateurs with > arguments and finger-pointing. And voluntary ones tend to become ever > more > "official" over time, so I think it is vital that we not err on the side > of > restriction and limitation which could hinder our future communication > options. > ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio 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.
