On 1/23/02 7:39 PM, Tom Rauch at w8ji@akorn.net wrote:
>Not only that, the FCC does support ARRL band plans to the
>extent that burden of proof in a conflict falls on stations violating
>bandplans. Since no one is really supposed to be operating SSB
>below 1843 anyway, it is especially unlikely they would grandfather
>(endorse) such operation!
Tom, one detail.
The FCC does not "enforce" ARRL bandplans. Bandplans have no legal force.
The FCC DOES however enforce violations of willful interference.
Non-compliance with a bandplan greatly increases incidence of
interference. And non-compliance is an indicator that perhaps the
interference is willful.
So, while general compliance with the bandplan certainly leads to greater
harmony, non-compliance does not, in of itself, constitute a violation to
the FCC. (If it did, then would RM-10352 be necessary?)
Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: aa4lr@arrl.net
Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!"
-- Wilbur Wright, 1901
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