Subj : Other Ham Radio News (1)
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Sun Sep 08 2019 17:47:19

Urgent action requested!
 
Please read the article at:  
https://winlink.org/content/what_was_arrl_thinking

The ARRL Directors have instructed their attorney to obtain FCC approval
on an absurd change to Part 97 rules.

They want to require:

1) ALL digital stations operating with a bandwidth over 500 Hz to operate
within the narrow automatic subands defined by 97.221(b) REGARDLESS OF
WHETHER THEY ARE AUTOMATIC OR NOT.

2) ALL stations with automatic features less than 500 Hz to also operate
within the same sub bands.

On 40M, 17M, and 12M, the subbands are barely wide enough for one QSO of
fast digital data, maybe two. On the other bands, no more than five or
six simultaneously.

Winlink, HFLink ALE stations, NTSD, Radio Relay International, and
countless BBS stations, use these US sub bands today. Pile on the rest
of the many wide modes like Olivia and MT63, plus automatic stations
now operating outside the subbands with less than 500 Hz BW, and you
can imagine the mess.

This is a totally absurd objective without any notion of responsibility
by the ARRL. In response, tell the Directors (addresses are in the
article) this clearly. Tell them that widening the allowed spectrum for
wider BW modes is absolutely required if they are going to redirect
automatic and wide BW digital stations to operate on top of one another.

Please, get angry, and contact your Director today!

winlink.org - the article appears top dead center on the main page.

Sincerely,

Lor Kutchins W3QA
SHARES NWL4KL
President, 
Amateur Radio Safety Foundation, Inc.
Winlink Development Team
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