[RTTY] ARRL Bandwidth Proposal - FCC Invites Comments

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

> From: George Henry
> >
> >> In reality, the only people who could legitimately claim to NEED
> >> the decoding software would be a repeater operator whose machine
> >> is being used to relay digital transmissions, and the FCC itself.
> >
> > Absolutely wrong ... the Amateur Service is self (or peer) policing.
> > In order to maintain any semblance of self-policing, the decoding
> > software is an absolute necessity for any amateur.
> >
>
> Still not buying it, Joe...  all that is necessary is to record the
> offending signal & send the recording to the FCC.  No need to decode
> it at all.  That's still "self-policing" - and it has worked just
> fine that way for many years.

How absurd!  If the average amateur cannot decode an interfering signal,
how can he determine if the content is such that it NEEDS to be sent to
the Commission for enforcement action (pornographic, commercial,
intruder, etc.)?

The Commission is not going to be bothered to decode every unique
signal sent to them (if the protocol will survive recording) without
a reason to believe that there is a basis for enforcement action.

Self- (or peer-) enforcement is based on the ability of the average
amateur to know and react to what is right or wrong.

73,

    ... Joe, W4TV