Thank you sir. Join us in pushing the ARRL for full disclosure. The dark house needs the sunlight of truth.
All the Best Ron Weaver W6OM www.qsl.net/w6om -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jose HF Silva Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 8:35 PM To: Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service Subject: Re: [AMRadio] FW: IARU Band Plan Hello, Si Señor ! *** MY HAT OFF *** 73 ^^^^ Joe / ct1axg --- W6OM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Letter below is from the ARRL President Joel > Harrison W5ZN in response to my > letter below his. Almost amusing transparent > rhetorical response to my > letter and still acceptance to go live with a > webinar to explain themselves, > not the IARU. > > > > Enjoy the read, this is only the opening round of > what plan to make a > significant even until accept my offer. > > > > All the Best > > > > Ron Weaver W6OM > > > > www.qsl.net/w6om > > > > From: Joel Harrison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 4:38 PM > To: 'W6OM' > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: IARU Band Plan > > > > Ron, > > Thank you for letting me know of your concerns with > regard to the band plan > adopted recently by the member-societies of IARU > Region 2. You sent your > message to a number of individuals; because the ARRL > is the representative > organization in the IARU for radio amateurs of the > United States, I am > replying on their behalf. > > IARU regional band plans have been in existence for > many years. They are > developed, reviewed and approved at regional > conferences of the IARU > member-societies. The band plans provide voluntary > guidelines that are > intended to assist amateurs in making the most > effective use of our limited > frequency allocations. They are not restrictions and > carry no regulatory > authority. On behalf of the ARRL, I can assure you > that there are no plans > to propose incorporating any IARU band plan into the > FCC rules. One virtue > of voluntary band plans is that they are more > flexible and can be amended > more easily than the FCC rules; writing them into > the rules would be > counterproductive. > > The new IARU Region 2 band plan was developed by > delegates to the Region 2 > Conference from a number of countries. It does not > align in every respect > either with the FCC rules or with operating patterns > followed by US > amateurs. Unlike the United States, most countries > do not have regulations > setting out subbands for different types of > emission. Even in the US the FCC > rules do not provide much detail with regard to > frequency use. As FCC > amateur licensees we are obliged to cooperate with > one another in selecting > transmitting channels and making the most effective > use of amateur service > frequencies, and to follow good engineering and good > amateur practice. > > Your message objects to the Region 2 band plan for > "suggesting limits that > are more severe than regulations from the > governments in the region." > However, the band plan does not contain "limits." As > voluntary guidelines > the band plan cannot by definition be "more severe" > than regulations. And > finally, if the band plan did not suggest an > operating pattern that is a > subset of the regulations it would serve no purpose. > > Your message refers to IARU President Larry Price as > wishing "to discourage > footnotes among the various regional plans he > oversees." First, the IARU > President does not "oversee" regional band plans. > Each regional plan is > developed by the member-societies of that region, in > accordance with the > constitution, bylaws and rules of the regional > organization. The regional > organizations are autonomous entities and do not > answer to the IARU > President. Second, Mr. Price's observation with > regard to footnotes had > nothing whatsoever to do with IARU band plans. > Footnotes are not by their > nature either good or bad; it depends on what they > say. Mr. Price's > observation had to do specifically with footnotes in > the ITU Table of > Frequency Allocations that prohibit amateur > operation, or authorize sharing > by additional services, in certain countries in > certain parts of the bands > that are allocated in the ITU Table to the amateur > service. One of the goals > of the IARU is to minimize such footnotes. On the > other hand, there are > other footnotes to the ITU Table that are extremely > beneficial to Amateur > Radio, such as the ones permitting amateur-satellite > operation. In any case > this is totally unrelated to IARU band planning > activities, which are > internal to the amateur service and to each regional > IARU organization and > have nothing whatever to do with the ITU. > > I hope this has reassured you that nothing will > happen on January 1 that > will in any way affect your use of AM. We are always > seeking ways to improve > the process of revision of the IARU Region 2 band > plan and the ARRL Board of > Directors, who determine the policy for ARRL's input > to IARU Region 2, are > always open to member input on future revisions that > ARRL delegates may take > to future Region 2 Conferences. I encourage you to > communicate with the > Division Director in your ARRL Division. > > Sincere 73, > > Joel Harrison, W5ZN > > ARRL President > > > > > > _____ > > From: W6OM [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 12:44 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: IARU Band Plan > > > > As a professional CEO with twenty years experience > and two publicly traded > companies that I started from scratch I am appalled > at the continued > subterfuge and lack of professional ethics at the > highest levels of the > ARRL. The ARRL's most recent initiative to limit > bandwidth by mode in > specific segments of the spectrum by posturing with > the IARU to make it look > like an IARU initiative is an insult to everyone in > the amateur community. > > > > If those of us who lead public firms with thousands > of share holders around > the world conducted our business activities in the > manner the ARRL does, our > shareholders would remove us from office and an SEC > investigation would > follow. > > ARRL senior management has been and continues to be > immersed in secret > agenda politics regardless of what the membership > wants. The sooner the > membership votes to remove the officers and > directors and elects > professionals to lead the organization the better > off Amateur Radio will be. > The ARRL's bandwidth initiative came under scrutiny > domestically and was > withdrawn with the usual condescending rhetoric that > we the membership did > not understand it. It is the ARRL's responsibility > to write initiatives > clearly so everyone can understand them. > > After reading through the ARRL's financial reports I > see where the revenue > streams come from and why the ARRL fundamentally > does not care about > "Leading" a professional organization which > represents the membership. The > ARRL is in business to sell advertising and to > promulgate any initiative > which increases advertising revenue regardless of > how it affects the > membership. > > ARRL Senior management pays lip service to various > groups, but due to the > ARRL's ineptitude it is incapable of mounting any > sustained effort to > achieve anything substantive. The ARRL stone walls > letters like this using > "framing techniques" to construct answers which > devalue the original content > and ad credibility to the ARRL's distorted view of > Amateur radio. I too > have been well schooled in the art of public > speaking, debate and press > corps techniques for deflecting truth and creating > subterfuge so I see > through the ARRL's methods. I invite the CEO and > officers of the ARRL to a > live World Wide Webinar wherein you must answer the > memberships questions > clearly while everyone watches. > > > > I will have my engineers set it up, IT WILL COST > YOU NOTHING, all you have > to do is log in with a web cam and accept my > questions and countless others > who deserve clear unbiased explanations. I suggest > a quarterly webinar > wherein the membership participates and requires > ARRL to provide credible > clear explanations on all initiatives. > > > > This is a communications activity and ARRL > management must be open and > willing to come under scrutiny and explain its > position for all to > understand. > > > > Many have sat silently for too long saying the ARRL > is the only > representative body we have in Amateur radio, but > the body has long been > dead. It is time to revitalize Amateur Radio with > aggressive unrelenting > professional leadership. > > > > Forward this to your legal counsel so we can all be > clear about what is > about to take place. I fully intend to ask the > world ham Community through > my own opt- in mass mailing PR firm why the ARRL > will not go live and > explain its actions to the membership. > > > > Ron Weaver W6OM > > > > www.qsl.net/w6om > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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. > ____________________________________________________________________________ ________ Get easy, one-click access to your favorites. 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