On Thu, Sep 7, 2017 at 1:43 PM, Michael Fox - N6MEF <n6mef(a)mefox.org> wrote:
They don't enforce judgement calls. So is it "good engineering and
amateur practice" (or whatever that rule says) if I'm trying to use 25kHz
and you decide you need the whole band? I guess that depends on whether
they ask me or you. Were you intentionally interfering with me? Even
after I let you know I was there? In our case, it was coordination vs.
coordination. The rogue folks just created their own coordinating body so
they could coordinate whatever they wanted, whether it made sense or not,
and then claim, "hey, we're coordinated!". Never mind that others had
been
there for years and were active stations prior. (In one case, it was a DX
spotting node for all of NorCal run by, believe or not, the ARRL Pacific
Division Director!) The ARRL refused to do anything (as usual). And,
since the FCC rules don't say anything about timeline, making a decision
would require the application of some common sense. Evidently that's not
available at the FCC.
For U.S. consumption:
Neither the ARRL nor local coordinating bodies have any enforcement
authority. The FCC is the enforcement body. The others only make
recommendations and document their processes. The rule, only says that for
repeater operation, the FCC can use coordination by a recognized local
coordinator to determine who needs to mitigate *harmful* interference.
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K7VE
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