FWIW I agree after reading the position email that the ARRL is in effect saying "the problem is too big to solve" by leaving it up to the op to do the right thing without giving more explicit guidance on what the right thing ought to be. So what are 'the better principles" of ham radio these days? As a noob to radio and top band in particular the attraction for me is the feeling of accomplishment I get making contacts, playing by the rules. If there are no rules then ultimately the argument could be "why go to all this bother?"
Sounds too much to me like one of the general philosophical arguments the marijuana legalization people use to justify their claims. More ominous is the thought that if this problem is too big to solve, what will be the likely outcome of efforts against BOPL and other spectrum encroachments which IMHO ultimately pit the ARRL against the " best government money can buy?" Guess we'll see sooner rather than later, eh? $0.02 -- de AB1VL NAQCC #6799 ab1vl.com _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband