Stuart makes very good points.
Calling to order pizza on 2m being allowed was one foolishness, but allowing
unattended digi garbage that transmits without listening first, and/or is
unattended, makes for a far greater foolishness.
Best regards - Bry Carling
> On May 22, 2014, at 8:21 PM, Phil Sussman <psussman@pactor.com> wrote:
>
> Stuart,
>
> According to the response to the "digital users will have to listen", please
> refer to the response filed by APRS. (see the ARRL FAQ)
>
> In short "monitoring is impractical to listen for all other modes and due to
> the 'short duration' of APRS digital transmissions, it is cost prohibitive
> and not actually necessary."
>
> 73 de Phil - N8PS
>
>
>
>
> Quoting Stuart Rohre <rohre@arlut.utexas.edu>:
>
>> Actually Broadband Ham Net has nothing to do with the symbol rate change
>> that is proposed by FCC and was backed by ARRL. ARRL was trying to do away
>> with artificial baud rate limits which make packet less useful than more
>> modern digital programs.
>>
>> The League overlooked the potential problem of allowing SSB bandwidth
>> digital formats below the traditional digital band parts at top end of CW
>> low-in-the-band operations. Rather, they were not seeking to assign a band
>> plan; but RTTY and CW fans have quickly rallied to protest any blanket
>> approval of wider modes on top of CW. Technically, you can operate CW
>> anywhere in the band. In reality, if digital modes come on and operate
>> without listening to see if a frequency is clear of ANY mode already in
>> progress, CW operation or RTTY, would be untenable.
>>
>> The CW and RTTY low end of the bands crowd have the attention of the ARRL
>> Board now, and the Board hopefully will come up with a co- existence plan
>> Such that CW / RTTY and other low power modes won't be displaced by modes
>> having a SSB bandwidth. And digital users will have to listen for other
>> modes before transmitting.
>>
>> Stuart Rohre
>> K5KVH
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