The worst part of the quote from the yachtsman that really ticks me off is where he says: " Its a great service because all of the other available Internet services cost money." Really? We end up with this QRM so boaters don't have to pay for internet services? In my comments to the FCC I stated that if there is an emergency and the faster communications is needed then the FCC has the ability to declare an emergency and allow otherwise unauthorized modes. Just like they do when they set aside a certain frequency. This is not an emergency nor is the guy checking his email a reason to change rules to suite them!
The proponents say this will not cause problems. What I see is the interference this will cause to these stations amongst themselves in there narrow bandspace, they will then start moving out from each other taking up more and more bandspace! Moving other modes out as they do so. This is a disaster waiting to happen. BTW, this affects ALL amateurs so this crosses in to the on topic line. If this comes to fruition there will be a mass exodus of regular hams and this will affect not only Elecraft but all ham radio manufacturers! 73, Tim Herrick, KQ8M k...@kq8m.com AR-Cluster V6 kq8m.no-ip.org User Ports: 23, 7373 with local skimmer, 7374 without local skimmer Server Ports: V6 3607, V4 Active 3605, V4 Passive 3606 -----Original Message----- From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Sandy Blaize Sent: Monday, June 23, 2014 10:59 AM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] RM-11708 proposal to FCC threatens CW and digital modes think my comments on RM-11708 went thru. This is very serious to ANYONE who wants to retain "narrow band" digital communications like JT9 and PSK31 and RTTY!! Also to CW Dxers and contesters! If this passes, it will change amateur radio as we have known it forever. There will be no "weak signal" operation possible with the onset of digital noise in the analog receiver. IF THIS IS REALLY A "NECESSARY" DIGITAL MODE, it belongs somewhere in a segment of the phone band sub-band and NOT THE narrow band digital and CW band. I think this is REALLY a "back door" attempt to silence "Continuous wave" telegraphy......really! I hope the old timers and the "newbies" who are still hanging on to CW will write comments against this "sneaky move" ARRL is backing to satisfy mostly the "Yacht crowd" who want to access the internet via HF radio! It will violate the "300 baud or less" rule of keeping wideband digital OUT of the narrow band "digital" space! Don't rely on the FCC to "nix" this RM as there isn't any "real" engineers at the FCC anymore, just lawyers, "bean counters" and political hacks running things there now. Proof of this is higher authorities bypassing FCC and making rules that stand now in the new 60 meter band. Please add your voices to the protest against RM-11708! 73, Sandy W5TVW On 6/23/2014 8:13 AM, jsdroys...@nc.rr.com wrote: > Perhaps others like me are unaware of this proposed FCC rule that > would allow digital communication modes 2.8 kHz in width to be used > robotically in the CW and data sub-bands without regard to interference. > ARRL supports this and evidently initiated it. > > http://www.arrl.org/files/media/News/RM-11708%20Briefing%20Memo.pdf > > However, information on websites savecw.com and saveRTTY.com indicates > it would cause grave interference with CW and narrow digital modes. > > There is evidently a short window of opportunity to submit comments to > the FCC about this, and there are instructions on the noted websites > for how to do this online within just a few minutes. > > If you google for RM-11708 you can read some well-reasoned comments submitted > by other hams to the FCC electronic docket. > > I can't evaluate the claims being made about ARRL's motivation but it > seems important not to allow such bad interference, so I submitted a comment. > Julie KT4JR > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email > list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to > ebj...@charter.net ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to k...@kq8m.com ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
