[RTTY] ARRL Bandwidth Proposal - FCC Invites Comments

[George Henry]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe Subich, W4TV" <k4ik at subich.com>
To: "'Jim Preston'" <jpreston1 at cox.net>; <rtty at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 11:07 AM
Subject: Re: [RTTY] ARRL Bandwidth Proposal - FCC Invites Comments


>
> Jim,
>
> ARRL and others promoting regulation by bandwidth have stated
> that the bandwidth limits are maximum and not minimum.  Thus
> "conventional" RTTY would receive a significant expansion in
> the available spectrum.  RTTY (digital) would no longer be
> excluded from the "phone bands."
>
> In general the most objectionable portions of the ARRL proposal
> are:
>
>  1) the lack of required "listen before transmit" protocols
>     for any station which automatically responds to calls
>     (also known as "semi-automatic operation").
>
>  2) the lack of a requirement that all digital protocols be
>     published and freely available in working form to enable
>     monitoring and "self-policing"
>

Number one is covered, in general terms, by 97.101, 97.105, and 97.109(d). 
Number two is already explicitly covered  in 97.309 (a)(4).