To hams who are not in the USA: Your comments are important. I just left my comment, and did not see any qualifier that required that you be in the USA. They may place more importance on your opinions since we are currently being a 'bad neighbor' to you.
I browsed through the 73 comments that were in place at that time. Seven comments supported the petition, three were FCC documentation of the petition, one was ambiguous and the remainder were opposed to the petition. Some of the opposition was clearly mistaken. A couple said the Rule-making would hurt the MARS services. Of course the FCC has nothing to do with MARS, other than issuing the ham license that allows a ham to qualify as a MARS member. In fact, this could enhance MARS operation if some of the hams with this equipment became active MARS members. By the way, the wide modes work much better on MARS since there are 'channels' and assigned frequencies there. A few of the comments were embarrassing. How much weight can your opinion carry if you are not able to spell the word amateur? My opinion: Thank you Mark, for bringing this interference problem to focus. Maybe it will be resolved now Howard K5HB
