On Monday 28 November 2005 13:51, Dr. Howard S. White wrote: > > If I have a vote.. I would vote for the minimum regulation necessary and > leave it up to us Hams to decide how we want to use our bands with our own > bandplans (WHICH I AM SURE THE ARRL WILL DEVELOP AFTER WE KNOW WE ARE GOING > TO REGULATION BY BANDWIDTH AS IT IS A WASTE OF TIME TO PLAN IT NOW WHEN WE > DO NOT KNOW THE FINAL BASIS FOR THE PLAN)... I think the FCC will likely > ultimately go to the minimum regulation model as that would be the least > cost /burden model for them... Their pronouncements over the past few years > shows that that is their preferred model... >
> > __________________________________________________________ > Howard S. White Ph.D. P. Eng., VE3GFW/K6 ex-AE6SM KY6LA > Website: www.ky6la.com > "No Good Deed Goes Unpunished" > "Ham Antennas Save Lives - Katrina, 2003 San Diego Fires, 911" > The ARRL represents less than 20% of the licensed hams in the US. Why should they be the organization to develop the band plan the other 80% of the amateur community is to follow? If you wait until the regulation is in place before developing a bandplan, the *real* bandplan will be determined by ModeWar/PowerWar. There will be no going back once that is decided - unless the FCC puts some policing powers in place. They will likely have a hard time giving policing power to an organization representing a minor fraction of the total amateur community. How will YOU like having to compete with lowend-to-highend SSB signals on the bands? tim ab0wr ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/ELTolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Need a Digital mode QSO? Connect to telnet://208.15.25.196/ Other areas of interest: The MixW Reflector : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/themixwgroup/ Looking for digital mode software? Check the quick commerical free link below http://www.obriensweb.com/digimodes.html Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalradio/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
