[RTTY] QRM to W1AW/0 (MO) RTTY

[Ed K0KL]

Mike:

With all due respect, are you attempting to replace the late Wayne Green 
as an
ARRL critic??

It seems endless....

73!

ED k0kl



On 6/4/2014 8:25 PM, W0MU Mike Fatchett wrote:
> I have sent a letter to K1ZZ asking for an explanation.  This should 
> be interesting.
>
> Mike W0MU
>
> On 6/4/2014 7:01 PM, Kok Chen wrote:
>> On Jun 4, 2014, at 5:37 PM, W0MU Mike Fatchett wrote:
>>
>>> What does this have to do with an ARRL Bulletin?
>> I think Jay may be alluding to 197.113(d) [from Feb 23, 2007 edition 
>> of the ARRL Part 97 rules book] which stipulates that W1AW can pay 
>> the operators, which on the surface runs counter to the amateur service.
>>
>> That rule was probably very finely crafted to "barely" allow them to 
>> broadcast back when they petitioned for the rules.  This way, you and 
>> I and K1MAN cannot broadcast unless we dedicate at least 40 hours per 
>> week doing it.
>>
>> We need to check though, that W1AW actually *still* operate bulletins 
>> and code practices for a total of 40 hours a week.  It occurs to me 
>> that it is possible that they still transmit code practices just to 
>> fill up the 40 hours of air time, not because the code transmissions 
>> are of any real use today.
>>
>> (They could also be weaseling by counting each band as a separate 
>> *time* slot.  Lawyers are never good at Physics.)
>>
>> IMHO, your other point is definitely 100% correct.  That FCC Part 
>> 97.111 say they can broadcast.  But it does not give W1AW the license 
>> to hog any particular frequency.
>>
>> 73
>> Chen, W7AY
>>
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