Whether or not this is their goal, (which as you point out isn't clear), it is an important point. Ham equipment is manufactured for the international market. That means we are at risk of being 'lowest common denominatored' into things we really may not want domestically, like ROHS standards that sprang from the EU, or the Kyoto protocol, carbon taxes, etc., etc.
Any additional bandwidth restrictions in any band plan, even if it does not pertain to us as she is saying, makes little sense in today's world of SDR rigs, new modes, and rapidly moving technology. The spectrum should be wide open for experimentation and innovation, not artificially micromanaged to death. Gary W3AM sbjohns...@aol.com wrote: > ...It may also be a effort to drive people to buy new equipment that meets > such specifications. For example, a country might say in their ham > rules that licensees will follow the IARU bandplan, and use only > equipment which meets IARU requirements. That would rule out a lot of > old SSB and AM gear, as their published specs do not meet the undefined > yet written IARU 2700 Hz requirement. And homebrew would be right out, > as the specs are not available on paper somewhere... > > Steve WD8DAS ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with the word unsubscribe in the message body. This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
