On Tuesday 11 May 2010 05:12:07 you wrote: > From: Andy obrien <k3uka...@gmail.com> > Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 Time: 21:18:20 > > >I will probably suggest that they authorize PS31, MFSK16 and Winmor > >500 if they are going to get mode specific. > >Andy K3UK > > Andy > > Does the FCC *really* have to specify all the permissible modes? Surely > all that's important is to permit CW, SSB and narrow-band data (say, max > 500 Hz) of *any* flavor that is permitted in Part97. > > Restricting data to just two or three modes is very short-sighted. If > these modes become outdated, or ground-breaking new modes appear on the > scene, you will have to keep going back to FCC to get the license > conditions changed. >
To start off, I am not against any particular mode and only have just enough HF experience to enjoy the bands and current modes and understand the limits of most. >From what I am seeing so far in this thread of emails is that the ARRL(?) is proposing to have ANOTHER avenue for so-called EMCOMM communications. Is this for long-haul or local as in State, Regional, or Country application? Currently there are three different operating systems as I will call them that can and should be used on the HF bands that already authorize them: 1) Winlink 2) PSKMail 3) unattended Packet stations be it Pactor# or 300baud AX25 or APRS Can it be 'justified' to 'clog up' a new band with allowing ANY digital mode, and I am also including digitized voice into this, just to have it be there? Why not use what is already staged and developed and on the bands that already have the allocations? I personally don't see any reason to 'clog up' any more frequency allocations just to have something sitting there. Use what is already in place and leave some spectrum alone for a change. We need to manage what we have better than we have. Consider doing like was done with the WARC bands and contesting. Adding modes to a new band to me is a WASTE of precious spectrum. GIve it ten years at least before even proposing a change to a new band. Before anyone says I am anti-EMCOMM. I do particapate in my local and State EMCOMMs when I can and enjoy helping out. I just don't see Amatuer Radio as the ultimate Swiss Army knife either. There are other under utilized avenues for getting a message from point A to Point B during any event. You just need to know how to utilize ALL of them properly. James W8ISS
