[RFI] Solar Panel RFI Awareness At Dayton

[EDWARDS, EDDIE J]

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From: RFI On Behalf Of KD7JYK DM09
Why would multiple groups addressing the same issue result in regulations being removed?
What petition was suggested to remove any current regulations regarding harmful interference?
What mentality am I missing here?"
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Kurt, 

The vague words "harmful interference" don't have to be removed for them to be legally redefined at a level most won't be happy with in the end.   

Adding a specific emissions value to the regulations, and a value that would be a compromise that most hams won't like at all, doesn't require removal of the words "harmful interference".  In fact adding the specific emissions value to the regulations would redefine those words and lock them in to that specific emissions limit value.  

Right now, harmful interference has more to do with how the ham operates his radio station than it does any specific RFI value.  A ham who only operates on MARS frequencies on digital modes can tolerate a great deal more HF RFI from power lines than can a ham who is a contester or DXer.  So having "Harmful Interference" vague enough to account for these differences works better for the most hams than does setting a specific emissions limit that will be a compromise between ARRL and the commercial industry. 

Why is it so hard to understand that the commercial industry will have equal or possibly more influence in new regulation creation than the smaller ARRL probably will? 

73, de ed -K0iL