******************************************************************** from the RSGB, Improving Bandplan Compliance, paper number 138
-An increasing proportion of the Amateur Radio community is using non-CW modes and deploying beacons within the CW communication sub-bands. -national societies could do more to improve compliance with IARU bandplans. -Note: The authors believe that the degree of compliance within the CW sub-bands in particular is indicative of the respect for IARU bandplans in general. -The IARU Region 1 HF Bandplan has served the amateur community very well for many years, and has always been made available by the IARU member societies through a range of printed publications and internet resources. However, in recent years, it has been observed that a) an increasing number of Amateur Radio operators can be heard operating data and telephony modes as well as beacons that transmit position and propagation data within the CW communication sub-bands: b) non-Morse stations within the CW sub-bands are getting more aggressive and more confident, believing that they are "entitled" to do what they do. -from the Conclusions section 2) That each national society (or, initially, a small 'pilot' group of national socieites) work together to develop common and consistent methods for bandplan compliance by a) logging incidents of non-compliance within their national borders; b) producing regular reports that summarise the non-compliances. *********************************************************************** On Sunday 29 January 2006 02:14, Dr. Howard S. White wrote: > Thank You Brad for you usual clear headed analysis of the US situation. > > It is indeed a very sad statement about some US hams that they do not trust > others to abide by a Gentlemen's agreement and that they believe that very > parochial attitudes must apply to the rest of the world who share the same > bands. > > There is something called the Law of Psychological Reciprocity" which > roughly paraphrases as "I will trust you will do to me what I would do to > you" The lack of trust seems to imply that those who do not trust their > fellow hams to behave properly do so because they do not trust themselves > to obey the rules. Since you and I have lived in countries with > regulation by bandwidth, we know it works and that you can trust the vast > your fellow hams to obey the "Gentlemen's Agreements" > __________________________________________________________ > 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" Need a Digital mode QSO? Connect to Telnet://cluster.dynalias.org Other areas of interest: The MixW Reflector : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/themixwgroup/ DigiPol: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Digipol (band plan policy discussion) 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/
