Yes Its ok for us over this side to comment .. looks like the technical argument is a non starter as the ss words are as wide as a barn door and you have to pass by the 'cross' road .. or is that by pass ...
As far as I can see it will need a petition to request that ALL enhanced bandwidth modes are allowed to bring the usa into align with the rest of the world as it stands now , nearly all modes that use b/w enhancement are in danger of being banned ? G .. --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Chris Jewell <ae6vw-digitalra...@...> wrote: > > g4ilo writes: > > > > But why are you all so worked up over this? It is the USA not > > Soviet Russia, you aren't going to end up in Siberia are you? > > The late J Edgar Hoover, director of the FBI, used to exile FBI agents > he disliked to Alaska, which was as close to Siberia as he could send > them. <grin> > > However, you are right: the worst penalties which the FCC might > plausibly impose on a US ham who lost an argument with them about > whether ROS is spread-spectrum would be a fine or license revocation > (the latter not likely for a first offense.) > > OTOH, most hams take seriously our obligation, as a disciplined and > largely self-policing radio service, to operate within the both the > International Radio Regulations AND the rules promulgated by our > respective national administrations. This is independent of the > penalties for a violation. There are exceptions, of course, but most > of us WANT to follow both the rules and good practices at all times, > so we also need to know what the rules are and what they mean. > > 73 DE KW6H (ex-AE6VW), Chris >