I'm pretty sick of this doom and gloom crap about necessary updates to
our massively outdated regulations.
73,
Paul, N8HM
On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 12:48 PM, Terry <ab5k@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Its currently the year 2020.
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> In mid year 2014 the FCC approved RM-11708 which de-regulated the CW/RTTY
> bands allowing unspecified digital wide bandwidth codes in the current
> CW/RTTY band segments. For a while the old rules were adhered to more or
> less on a gentleman's agreement but more and more questionable signals came
> up taking over the ham bands.
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> In 2016, a radio manufacture out of China came out with a $100 dollar all
> digital radio that features built in digital voice, CW and data. This
> radio operates on the de-regulated RM-11708 (old CW/RTTY) amateur band
> segments. The digital encoding algorithms in the radio can be setup in
> software effectively making it a encrypted radio. The radio has a built in
> modem allowing a "fast" 9600 baud connection to the Internet. The few
> remaining digital hams call the 9600 modem feature PACTOR 8. Originally the
> sail boat crowd latched onto the new radios but once the word got out that
> they are undetectable, non-hams are purchasing them like wildfire.
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> The RM-11708 de-regulated parts of the bands are total chaos and the FCC has
> given up on any enforcement. The last CW and RTTY contests were in 2018.
> The ARRL has a small staff of 8 people which only serves the SSB operators
> and has just declared bankruptcy.
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> David Sumner retired from the ARRL one month after the release of RM-11708
> and now lives on a sailboat in Aruba. He used to send beautiful pictures
> of the Aruba sunset with a drink in his hand enjoying the tropical paradise
> but with the chaos on the digital portions of the ham bands nothing gets
> through.
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> I sure miss those pictures.
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> ...
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> Everyone have a good contest and enjoy it while we can
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> 73 Terry AB5K
>
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