> There's a very simple solution. If and when a replacement for > the Regulation by Bandwith petition is submitted, just include > an exception limiting private mailbox robots (be they PACTOR III > or anything else) to a small sub-band segment.
The Headquarters decision makers will never stand for that. I was a member of the first ad hoc committee on digital operation - the committee Headquarters hand picked to propose the framework for the rules concerning automatic digital operation on HF. In spite of the objection by half of the committee members, we were told in so many words, that automatic operation would not fly unless the so called semi-automatic stations were exempted from any restrictions on their operation. That meant they did not have to operate in the narrow segments assigned for automatic stations and did not need an operator present to make sure they did not QRM other operations on the frequency. The individuals pushing "semi-automatic" operation are the same intervals who are behind the Winlink, Airmail, and other PACTOR, etc. systems that are abusing the amateur service for quasi- commercial purposes. ARRL's EMCOMM staff is pushing Winlink protocols with PACTOR III bandwidths for permanent deployment as an "Emergency Communications Resource." I know one of the individuals who is working on the hardware control protocols, professionally, for the joint FEMA ARRL network. Don't give me the "it ain't so" crap - I've seen it first hand for more than 10 years. Only when ARRL proposes to the FCC that "semi-automatic" stations be subject to the same rules as any other automatically controlled station will your denials have any validity. 73, ... Joe, W4TV Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
