[RTTY] BoD votes LoTW initiatives

[Ron Kolarik]

K5RAV operates a Winlink RMS station. Here we go again with the
*linkers and emcomm weenies trying a spectrum grab as if the
frequencies they 'own' aren't enough. Sorry but this is a hot button
issue for me, the linkers are the worst behaved bunch on the airwaves
and yes I do know that Doug Faunt and HMS Bounty crew were saved
by the use of Winlink. Related question, who actually monitors Winlink
for legal content?

Ron
K0IDT

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe Subich, W4TV" <lists at subich.com>
To: "RTTY" <rtty at contesting.com>; <wsjtgroup at yahoogroups.com>; <MMTTY at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 9:50 PM
Subject: Re: [RTTY] BoD votes LoTW initiatives


>
>> Symbol Rate Rule Modernization
>>
>> On the motion of ARRL West Gulf Division Director Dr David
>> Woolweaver, K5RAV, on behalf of the Ad Hoc Symbol Rate Rule
>> Modernization Committee,
> the Board directed ARRL General Counsel Chris Imlay, W3KD, to prepare a
> Petition for Rule Making with the FCC seeking to modify §97.307(f) to
> delete all references to symbol rate. The Petition would ask the FCC “to
> apply to all amateur data emissions below 29.7 MHz the existing
> bandwidth limit, per §97.303(h), of 2.8 kHz.”
>>
>> The committee determined that the current symbol rate restrictions
>> in
> §97.307(f) “no longer reflect the state of the art of digital
> telecommunications technology,” and that the proposed rule change would
> “encourage both flexibility and efficiency in the employment of digital
> emissions by amateur stations.” The Ad Hoc Symbol Rate Rule
> Modernization Committee was dissolved with the thanks of the Board.
>
> Save us from a Board of Directors that would not know Digital Operation
> if it bit them on the ass.  All we need is a bunch of 2.8 KHz wide
> chunks of "white noise" across the entire "non-voice" spectrum.  If
> they want to remove the symbol rate, the bandwidth better be compatible
> with that of CW (100 Hz or less) in the majority of the shared non-voice
> spectrum.
>
> As usual, the ARRL BOD has proven how little they know about amateur
> operation!
>
> 73,
>
>     ... Joe, W4TV
>
>