OK, Brad, What are your specific objections to any given rule that you think are improper?
RFSM2400? You know the new mode that triggered this whole hand wringing debate about whether USA hams could or could not use it? 300bd? Ha! Images/Text/Images of text/fax? Ha! It seems to me that we have found different countries have different rules and it can be very helpful to know what they are. As I recall, it took years for your country to even allow Winlink 2000 operation, while our country has had Aplink, Winlink, Netlink, and eventually Winlink 2000 for several decades. Yes, and we now have a complete new set of bandwidth regulations that will guarantee that this situation will not occur again. The only rule that I would like to see changed is to allow operation by bandwidth instead of mode. What I really want, is a subset of this, in order to be able to operate wide BW (voice width) transmissions using SSB, digital voice, and digital data of any kind, whether image or text in the wide bandwidth (voice/image) portions of the bands. We have precisely that sort of regulation now. For HF it reads "Any emission mode with a necessary bandwidth of less than 8khz". End of reg. http://www.wia.org.au/licenses/radam_1of97.pdf Schedule 2 is the relevant section. Compare our few paragraphs with yours. Let me know how you go. The problem is that I am in the minority. From what I can tell, most hams want modes kept as separate as possible and Danny has pointed out the problems you have with mixing modes which has somewhat tempered my enthusiasm. Wouldn't you agree that the reason that you may be able to have fewer rules (assuming you really do since I have not read your rules), is due to your very low density of population, both in terms of square miles and number of hams? Nope, I would not agree at all. We have fewer Regs because we have a Bandplan that is a living document to cater for the changes in technology, and our "fewer" hams comply with the spirit of it. http://www.wia.org.au/bandplans/Australian%20Amateur%20Band%20Plans%20070113 .pdf But from Danny's post, the reason he thinks you need MORE regs is because you can't trust your fellow American to comply and he wants to carry a big stick. Sad situation indeed. 73 de Brad VK2QQ 73, Rick, KV9U Brad wrote: > > > It is not surprising Bonnie, but it is INCREDIBLY boring. You guys have > way too many rules, and the surprising thing is that so many hams seem > to think that the problems can be solved by introducing yet more! > > Brad VK2QQ > >
