Re: [digitalradio] The UK Amateur Radio Band Plan

[Thomas Giella KN4LF]

We silly Americans think that just because we prop up the rest of the world with $$$ and also protect it from the "real" bad guys, that the world should do everything "our way".   I seem to remember a mantra that was prevalent about 19 years ago when I first got my license. It went something like this, "Never ask the FCC to regulate us because they will over do it and we won't like the result." Seems we have forgotten that concept now.   Nowadays the FCC finds Amateur Radio to be an annoyance that just won't go away. In recent years the FCC seems to have said no to any proposal put forth by the ARRL that would increase the FCC's oversight thereof. So I fully expect the FCC to squash RM-11306 and all of the bickering here on this eGroup about it will have been a big waste of time.   Just my .02 cents.   73, Thomas F. Giella, KN4LF Lakeland, FL, USA Grid Square EL97AW [EMAIL PROTECTED] KN4LF 160 Meter Propagation Theory Notes: http://www.kn4lf.com/kn4lf8.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: Alan NV8A To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 7:32 PM Subject: Re: [digitalradio] The UK Amateur Radio Band Plan Might even adopt the Metric system within another century or so. My Dutch-born mother-in-law says that if she could get used to miles and pounds and inches at age 40+, Americans could easily get used to the Metric system if they started learning it in school. Alan NV8A On 02/07/06 07:21 pm W4LDE-Ron wrote: > It's nature Kevin, please forgive us.  We will catch up to the rest of > the world some day! >  >I have been following this thread about band blans since its inception, >  >with great intere >  >st, and I wonder why it is that the US hams seem to think that the world >  >starts and finishes in the USA. >  >There is an awfull lot of world outside of the "States". The US hams >  >seem to think that any country that has band plans different to theirs >  >are wrong!! >  >Our band plans are very similar to those of the UK. 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) SPONSORED LINKS Ham radio Craft hobby Hobby and craft supply Icom ham radio Yaesu ham radio YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "digitalradio" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.

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