[RTTY] What to do about ARRL's Baud Rate Proposal

[Jay WS7I]

Just a couple of comments as I hope to not get very involved in this 
other than comments directly to any possible RM.  Only the ARRL Division 
Directors have the power.

I might offer up some things from the last time.  December 1989. ARRL 
proposed without input from the rank and file and from the users of the 
digital spectrum _RTTY Journa_l January 1990; RM-7248 withdrawn May/June 
1990 _RTTY Journal_.

See _RTTY Journal_ May/June 1993 Pg 24 for ARRL Digital Committee report.

Last time we had perhaps a more coherent organization but the digital 
user has done battle against the ARRL and won.  Dale Sinner, Buck 
Rogers, myself, and many others put in a great deal of time and effort 
but only the user that writes their Division Director, that files 
coherent rationale arguments with the FCC, that gets clubs and 
organizations to file with the same view point can prevail.

If you don't have some of the old RTTY Journals ask around and see if 
you can read some of the stuff from other times.



On 11/21/2013 5:39 AM, Dave Barr wrote:
> I am gratified to see that most of the comments on this subject are 
> calm and reasoned, and hope that terminology like "attack" will not be 
> used in any effort to revise the ARRL's attempt to change parameters 
> of digital operation.
>
> I hope that the technically knowledgeable members on this reflector 
> will make carefully crafted and calm responses to the proposed rule 
> changes to the FCC when the opportunity arrives. Perhaps it would be 
> more effective if the specific problems raised by the proposal, and 
> their solutions, should be agreed upon as much as possible by those 
> who intend to make comments to the FCC.
>
> It is unfortunate that the League is unable to acknowledge that a 
> large segment of its members who will be affected by this action are 
> opposed to the proposal as it stands.  Let us all make sure our 
> division and section officials know how we feel.
>
> 73, Dave, K2YG