RE: [digitalradio] Re: New ARRL Petition

2006-12-15 Thread John Champa
-To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [digitalradio] Re: New ARRL Petition Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 08:19:02 -0600 How is this a response from the FCC? It looks like an opinion from a lawyer, and the FCC was copied. Where is the FCC response? 73, Mark N5RFX

Re: [digitalradio] Re: New ARRL Petition

2006-12-15 Thread kd4e
So, we are to gather from this that the FCC is saying to everyone -- go out and do whatever you want and unless someone complains we don't care? That is contrary to the nature of bureaucracy and bureaucrats. Bureaucrats are focused on avoidance of conflict and expansion of power. Only so long

RE: [digitalradio] Re: New ARRL Petition

2006-12-15 Thread Mark Miller
Maybe they should have tried this approach instead of petitioning the FCC. 73, Mark N5RFX At 09:24 AM 12/15/2006, you wrote: Only from the League's lawyer, silly. That's as good as it gets. Anyway, does anyone really want a response directly from the FCC, for Cat's sake?! Not I, dear sir.

RE: [digitalradio] Re: New ARRL Petition

2006-12-15 Thread John Champa
current HF digital mess. John K8OCL Original Message Follows From: Mark Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [digitalradio] Re: New ARRL Petition Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 09:44:01 -0600 Maybe they should have tried

Re: [digitalradio] Re: New ARRL Petition

2006-12-15 Thread John Champa
: Re: [digitalradio] Re: New ARRL Petition Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 10:36:04 -0500 So, we are to gather from this that the FCC is saying to everyone -- go out and do whatever you want and unless someone complains we don't care? That is contrary to the nature of bureaucracy and bureaucrats. Bureaucrats

Re: [digitalradio] Re: New ARRL Petition

2006-12-15 Thread kd4e
John Champa wrote: You would normally be correct. However, again, the FCC does not give a %$# about Ham Radio! That includes the ARRL and all the celebrities you can find. Licensed HAM celebrities? Isn't that counter-intuitive? Asserting that they don't care about their own hobby makes no

Re: [digitalradio] Re: New ARRL Petition

2006-12-15 Thread KV9U
Follows From: Mark Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [digitalradio] Re: New ARRL Petition Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 08:19:02 -0600 How is this a response from the FCC? It looks like an opinion from a lawyer, and the FCC

Re: [digitalradio] Re: New ARRL Petition

2006-12-15 Thread John B. Stephensen
Message Follows From: kd4e [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Re: New ARRL Petition Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 10:36:04 -0500 So, we are to gather from this that the FCC is saying to everyone -- go out and do whatever you

[digitalradio] Re: New ARRL Petition

2006-12-15 Thread Dave Bernstein
Follows From: kd4e [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Re: New ARRL Petition Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 10:36:04 -0500 So, we are to gather from this that the FCC is saying to everyone -- go out and do whatever

Re: [digitalradio] Re: New ARRL Petition

2006-12-15 Thread Danny Douglas
:51 PM Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Re: New ARRL Petition This is the part that those of us in other countries don't understand, not one little bit John VE5MU I think that the FCC would love to take the approach used by other countries and say that hams can use

Re: [digitalradio] Re: New ARRL Petition

2006-12-15 Thread Paul L Schmidt, K9PS
John B. Stephensen wrote: and 8 kHz maximum bandwidth limit. However, ARRL memebers want more stringent regulations. Not all of them. 73, Paul / K9PS (Life Member of both ARRL and QCWA who doesn't.)

Re: [digitalradio] Re: New ARRL Petition

2006-12-14 Thread Roger J. Buffington
jgorman01 wrote: Rick, From the ARRL's website: Rather, we ask only that the Commission restore the privileges unintentionally withdrawn from those who operate and who utilize automatically controlled NARROWBAND digital stations between 3620 and 3635 kHz, the League said. The ARRL

RE: [digitalradio] Re: New ARRL Petition

2006-12-14 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
I agree that the regulations of which emission types can appear where and at what baud rates has outlived its usefulness and needs to go. As to all the intricacies and arcana, and why the FCC has gotten so much of it so very wrong, I think that many forum members may be missing the larger

RE: [digitalradio] Re: New ARRL Petition

2006-12-14 Thread John Champa
:47 AM To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Re: New ARRL Petition jgorman01 wrote: Rick, From the ARRL's website: Rather, we ask only that the Commission restore the privileges unintentionally withdrawn from those who operate and who

Re: [digitalradio] Re: New ARRL Petition

2006-12-13 Thread Roger J. Buffington
jgorman01 wrote: This occurs without any operator intervention, it is done automatically by the pactor modem's internal software. A real great operational system for the amateur bands isn't it? Jim WA0LYK No it is not. Good explanation of the problem. de Roger W6VZV

[digitalradio] Re: New ARRL Petition

2006-12-13 Thread johnr3256
Hello, Bonnie: I'm glad to see in your latest post that you have toned down your rhetoric. I assume from your earlier sallies that you have some standing within this group, but it shouldn't lead to harumphing about comments that may not be exactly precise in discussing what is abstruse

Re: [digitalradio] Re: New ARRL Petition

2006-12-13 Thread David Struebel
mailto:digitalradio%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 12:10 PM Subject: [digitalradio] Re: New ARRL Petition Hello, Bonnie: I'm glad to see in your latest post that you have toned down your rhetoric. I assume from your earlier sallies that you have some standing within this group

Re: [digitalradio] Re: New ARRL Petition

2006-12-13 Thread kd4e
What is the best means by which we may quickly encourage the FCC to *NOT* stay their rule? Sure would hate for them to do so based on representations of a few that it would be OK with the majority. Is there a preferred E-mail address at the FCC for such matters? By Friday, there will be no non

Re: [digitalradio] Re: New ARRL Petition

2006-12-12 Thread David Struebel
There are other digital automatic users besides the email Winlink 2K systems you cite. The National Traffic System (certainly a part of ham radio, and has been around for over 50 years) uses the automatic section of 80 meters for passing traffic thru the NTS Digital system. The FCC new rule

Re: [digitalradio] Re: New ARRL Petition

2006-12-12 Thread Roger J. Buffington
David Struebel wrote: There are other digital automatic users besides the email Winlink 2K systems you cite. The National Traffic System (certainly a part of ham radio, and has been around for over 50 years) uses the automatic section of 80 meters for passing traffic thru the NTS Digital

[digitalradio] Re: New ARRL Petition

2006-12-12 Thread expeditionradio
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, kd4e [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Must we wait for the FCC to request comments on the ARRL request or should we post our opposition immediately? Sure do not understand why a neo-commercial digital app (all automatic and most semi-automatic unattended

Re: [digitalradio] Re: New ARRL Petition

2006-12-12 Thread Jack McSpadden
- Original Message - From: expeditionradio [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 5:29 PM Subject: [digitalradio] Re: New ARRL Petition --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, kd4e [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... Sure do not understand why

[digitalradio] Re: New ARRL Petition

2006-12-12 Thread jgorman01
It's not necessarily the automatic operation that cause the problem, although they certainly can. The biggest problem is that pactor 3 modems are basically designed for commercial use and assume that once they have a 3 kHz channel the whole channel belongs to them for the entire session. The

Re: [digitalradio] Re: New ARRL Petition

2006-12-11 Thread kd4e
Must we wait for the FCC to request comments on the ARRL request or should we post our opposition immediately? Sure do not understand why a neo-commercial digital app (all automatic and most semi-automatic unattended digital modes) cannot find a more appropriate home on non-Ham spectrum. Surely