>>>AA6YQ comments below --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, John Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Dave correct me if I'm wrong. >>>You're wrong; corrections follow. Your purpose in life is 2 things (as I read your post). 1. to see that all software can tell if a frequency is already in use. 2. that the auto stations have their own sub-band. >>>Neither of these come anywhere close to my purpose in life, John. With respect to amateur radio, which is one of several recreational activities I enjoy, I believe that A. no station should transmit on a busy frequency; this applies equally to attended, unattended, semi-automatic, and automatic stations. B. the operator of any station that habitually transmits on busy frequencies should promptly lose his or her license; to facilitate self-policing, every automatic station must identify in cleartext CW at the beginning of each N minute interval of operation. >>>Originally, I suggested restricting to sub-bands those stations incapable of listening before transmitting; this would have encouraged operators of automatic stations to upgrade by incorporating listen-before-transmit capability. This proposal would have legalized transmission-without-listening within those sub- bands; attended operation within these sub-bands would thus have been impractical, but not illegal. >>>Discussions on this reflector led me to the simpler "no sub- bands, no mercy" proposal represented by A and B above. Having said that, if you get your way with number 2 you don't really need number 1. (If they are in their sub-band) >>>You're critiquing a proposal I never made. QOTD (question of the day) If there was a sub-band just for the auto stations why would anyone go in there ? Knowing that they will get QRM'ed. As it is now you *may* get QRM'ed. >>>If the FCC were to restrict automatic stations without listen- before-transmit capability to sub-bands, thereby legalizing transmit- without-listening in those frequency ranges, then obviously everyone not compelled to operate in those sub-bands would avoid them like the plague. 73, Dave, AA6YQ 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/