[RTTY] K1N vs ARRL

[Pete Smith N4ZR]

IIRC, the ARRL has operated for decades on a fixed frequency and 
schedule, broadcasting bulletins - an activity not permitted to radio 
amateurs - by specific permission of the FCC.  I frankly think it is the 
responsibility of operators, including those on expeditions, to know of 
any respect those frequencies and schedules.

73, Pete N4ZR
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On 2/7/2015 2:34 PM, Paul Stoetzer wrote:
> The ARRL lawyers' position is that, if they are paying the control
> operator, they cannot deviate from the schedule unless the schedule
> deviation is announced and published in advance due to the wording of
> the regulations, so the control operator at the ARRL has to fire up
> the transmitter even if there's a station there.
>
> 73,
>
> Paul, N8HM
>
> On Sat, Feb 7, 2015 at 2:28 PM, Bob Burns W9BU <w9bu_lists at rlburns.net> wrote:
>> On 2/7/2015 11:38 AM, Charles Morrison wrote:
>>
>>> K1N was there first.
>>
>> Didn't we just have a heated discussion about this a few weeks ago?
>>
>> As I recall, some posters took the position that RTTY operators should know
>> that certain frequencies are accepted watering holes for various modes and
>> are covered by gentlemen's agreements. More specifically, the stated
>> position seemed to be that that RTTY operators should know about relatively
>> fixed JT65 operating frequencies and, therefore, avoid them. If that
>> position is valid, then those same RTTY operators should know about the
>> relatively fixed ARRL bulletin operating frequencies and, therefore, avoid
>> them.
>>
>> If the concept applies to JT65, doesn't it apply to ARRL bulletins?
>>
>> I acknowledge that I may be poking at the fire.
>>
>> Bob...
>>
>>
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