[RTTY] ARRL RM-11708 Letter and response

[Kai]

I echo Ben's "thank you" to all commenting hams. There are well over 800 
comments, that's more than 0.1% of all US hams. That right there sends the clear 
message to the Commission that Amateur Radio is alive and well! I can remember 
only one other proceeding that attracted more comments (that was 1000+ comments 
in the Ultra-wideband (UWB) proceeding that resulted in creation of subpart F of 
Part 15 - and all of radio survived!).

I've read many of the comments, and while the vast majority are of a popularity 
contest  "I like it" or "I hate it" nature, there are a fair number of 
well-reasoned comments on all sides of the issue. Some of the experimenters, 
Amateur-RTTY ops, and digital ops had very well reasoned comments.  I guess we 
now await the pleasure of the FCC who have a pretty big job ahead of them.

Ben, we may be on opposing sides of this one, but like in the UWB proceeding, 
I'm sure that amateur radio will thrive no matter the outcome of RM-11708.

Happy New Year to all and to all 73,

Kai, KE4PT


On 12/27/2013 4:16 PM, Ben Antanaitis - WB2RHM wrote:
> Interesting that the FCC is still accepting comments after the '30 day comment 
> period' period has 'expired'. I wonder if the 'last-place' finishers will be 
> disqualified?
>
> My personal 'Thank you' to all on this forum who sent in a response, 
> regardless of which 'side' you are on.
>
> I think it would be interesting to see how many respondents are actually 
> licensed hams, who could operate in the HF RTTY/Data segments..... vs how many 
> were 'pre-programmed robot-drone' responses from real/imaginary respondents 
> who just echoed what their ARES/ARRL leaders/masters told them?
>
> Now, we have to prepare for the ARRL's attack-dog attempts to discredit 
> anything said against the proposal........
>
> 73, HNY,
>
> Ben - WB2RHM
>
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