Tom wrote:
...SNIP...
> Of anyone in the USA, I would think the inland stations
> would most logically want split operation on 160 and 80 SSB.
>
> 73 Tom
Your reasons and rationale are compelling.
Perhaps my view is tainted by my own values, values not shared by others. That
value being that I personally hate the encroachment of government into the
lives of reasonable people. Maybe that's the problem. For me to expect the
general population to behave in a reasonable manner is in itself completely
unreasonable. If your mindset is 'a new law for every problem,' then segment,
and create a new layer of problems. If your mindset is to educate, appeal, and
penalize bad behavior outside the jurisdiction of the court system, then leave
it as is, but begin to educate, appeal, and penalize bad behavior.
As a resident of the depths of the black hole, 160M EU propagation is simply
not viable except under extremely unusual conditions. ESP QSOs are the
norm--and then only on CW. Only during contest situations and needing 'a new
one for the log' is the notion of EU to Zeroland of any importance. Outside of
these rather 'special needs' conditions, I would not choose to talk to our
friend Wolf via 160M SSB. I would talk to him on 20M and it would be an
enjoyable Q with arm chair copy.
Perhaps if a proposal could be put forth that would clearly outline what you
are advocating, (a proposal describing bandwidths instead of modes) then a more
thorough discussion would be in order. My bet is the ARRL runs from 160M
segmentation debates because they do not understand it, or because the
membership is deeply split on the topic. I assure you, the FCC has exactly
zero interest in setting up new fences that need constant mending. Enforcement
would continue to be a problem anyway. Until a reasonable proposal can be put
forth, any criticism of the ARRL for failing to do so would be in-and-of-itself
unreasonable.
So you are advocating the ARRL parse 80M-75M differently than is proposed?
Ford-N0FP
ford@cmgate.com
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