7 Sep
2017
7 Sep
'17
4:43 p.m.
Do you have a link to this? I'd be interested.
Uhm, I think you posted it!
http://kb9mwr.blogspot.com/2013/09/amateur-radio-in-2037.html
Since there is so
little enforcement action now a days, I am not sure the question is
something that I really even concern myself with. You just said Laura
Smith refused to get involved in your local example.
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.
But they do enforce black-and-white stuff (out of band, spurious, etc.). That's why
I'm in favor of bandwidth limits. It can be measured easily. But I guess I'm in
the minority.
It probably doesn't matter anyway. With all of the other FCC restrictions preventing
new data technology and service development, the ham bands are becoming more irrelevant
for data every day. And the lack of FCC enforcement, the ham bands are more like CB every
day. People trying to do meaningful things will get fed up and leave. Problem solved.
Isn't government wonderful!
Michael
N6MEF