>>>AA6YQ comments below --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, "DuBose Walt Civ AETC CONS/LGCA" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>snip< I don't know about the ARRL DV WG's request. However, I believe that the League and its legal staff have come to understand that you don't want to ask the FCC for a ruling as you probably are going to get the strictest agency answer in writing which will/may cause you to have to request a rules change which the agency DOES NOT want to do...it is VERY time comsuming and all agency staffs have been cut due to budget constraints. >>>The ARRL has submitted its "bandwidth proposal", which is a request for a rules change. Does this proposal clarify or alter the symbol rate limitation? Thus the thought process is don't ask don't tell and its easier to ask forgiveness than permission. At least I HOPE that is the position the League has taken. Do what you feel is in accordance with good communications engineering technology advancement and amateur radio practice. >>>So any ham can do what he or she wants as long as they personally believe its "good communications engineering technology advancement and amateur radio practice"? That's a recipe for chaos, Walt. Remember that a "ticket" from the FCC can always be asnwered with..."sorry about that, I will quit doing it." And then quit doing it until you get an STA, experimental license or rule change. >>>That's easy for you to say, but then you won't have been the one who put countless hours into designing, implementing, and testing the software, will you? >>>Its already been noted here that attracting software developers to this sort of project is a challenge. Adding "oh, and we'll find out whether the ARRL will let us use it after you build it" to the equation won't help much. >>>If we're going to continue this thread, I suggest we move it to Digital Radio Policy. 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/