[Dxbase] [RTTY] The Email Robots are coming to RTTY!

Thu Mar 22 13:12:23 EST 2007

 Sorry for the off topic post but I think this info needs
to be put before all Ham Radio operators.
73 de Tony, KD4K
>> ARRL is petitioning the FCC to allow Email Robots to
> take over the HF bands under 10m.
>> You can read about the special meeting with the FCC
> here:
>> http://mywebpages.comcast.net/hteller/11306-cont.pdf
>> I urge all of you not to be complacent about this
> matter!
>> As an invited member of the original ARRL committee
> from which the 
> "bandwidth petition" sprang, I saw early on that the
> real intent of the 
> committee, chaired by the originator of Winlink, was
> to turn control of the 
> HF bands over to Winlink Email robots, and that
> "segmentation by bandwidth" 
> was merely a guise for doing this. I even felt it
> necessary to issue a 
> dissenting recommendation, which you may read here:
>> http://www.zerobeat.net/bandplan-dissent.html
>> Now the ARRL is trying again, and in so doing,
> divulging the true purpose 
> behind their original "bandwidth petition", by
> taking advantage of the fact 
> that CW has been dropped as a requirement, basically
> leaving only RTTY and 
> Data as important modes in the eyes of the ARRL. You
> may notice the complete 
> absence of CW as a mode in the table of HF modes
> attached to the ARRL's 
> Ex-parte attempted modification to RM-11306, which
> may or may not actually 
> be allowed, since it basically scraps the concept of
> segmentation by 
> bandwidth and preserves segmentation by mode for all
> bands under 10m. I 
> don't see how the FCC can accept this magnitude of
> change to RM-11306 
> without requiring a totally new petition and comment
> period.
>> However, just in case they do, I have put together a
> simple explanation of 
> how to file a comment and I strongly urge each one
> of you to file a comment 
> NOW if you value your ability to enjoy RTTY and CW
> in the future. Please do not be 
> complacent and assume everything will be OK! Just
> take a couple of minutes 
> to file a comment. Here is a sample form to follow:
>> http://mywebpages.comcast.net/hteller/comment.htm
>> A flood of comments DOES influence the FCC. It
> worked to keep the robots off the 
> phone bands, so now we must again work to keep them
> from taking over the 
> RTTY and CW activity areas.
>> If you want to enjoy RTTY contesting and DXing in
> the future, please help by simply clicking here:
> http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/prod/ecfs/upload_v2.cgi 
> and commenting NOW!
>> 73, Skip KH6TY
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Russell Blair 
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CALL ========= NC5O
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