[RTTY] Member comment procedure

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

On 2015-03-15 1:53 PM, RLVZ--- via RTTY wrote:
> I'd be grateful if someone would share a link to get me to the ARRL comment
>   site for the Proposed HF Band Plan Change.... as I'm ready to  comment.

Go to www.arrl.org and put bandplan proposal in the search box.  That
will point you to the web page describing the bandplan (their spin):
<http://www.arrl.org/news/arrl-seeks-member-input-on-draft-hf-band-plan-proposals>. 
  In that article is a link for comments: http://www.arrl.org/bandplan

73,

   ... Joe, W4TV


>
> Thanks,
> K9OM
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>>   On Mar 14, 2015, at 12:00 PM, rtty-request at contesting.com wrote:
>>
>> The period for comments on ARRL's grossly misguided HF Band  Plan
>> Change has roughly one month left.  The comment period ends  April 19.
>>
>> Today, I submitted my comments very much along the  lines of those
>> I posted here two weeks ago:
>>
>> ARRL's  proposal misses the mark on *every count*.
>>
>> It needs to be  completely rewritten to include:
>>
>> 1) expand 80 meter data to  3675 not 3650 ...
>> 2) move the "automatically controlled data" segments  to 3560-3570,
>>     7110-7120, 14130-14140, 21180-21190 and  28280-28290 *ONLY* - with
>>     *no automatic control on 60, 30,  17 or 12 meters* due to the limited
>>     available  spectrum.
>> 3) require *all* automatically controlled data stations -  including
>>     "auto-responding stations" - operate in the  automatic control
>>     (Section 97.211) sub-bands.
>> 4)  require all automatically controlled data stations - including  "auto
>>     responding stations" - implement fully functioning  "channel busy"
>>     detectors which respond to 125% of the  [maximum] bandwidth to be
>>     used including any "enhanced  speed" modes.  The channel must be idle
>>     for at least  90 seconds before initiating *any* transmission or 90
>>      seconds prior to receiving a call *when responding to interrogation*.
>> 5)  require all automatically controlled data stations - including  "auto-
>>     responding stations" and *US licensed amateurs*  operating systems
>>     off shore - list their frequencies,  operating times, and control
>>     operator telephone number in a  publicly accessible database
>> 7) require all manually controlled digital  stations include either
>>     visual means (e.g. spectrum display  or "waterfall") of determining
>>     whether a frequency is busy  before transmitting *or* a channel busy
>>     detector with the  same parameters as automatically controlled data
>>      stations.
>> 6) allow Novice/Technician licensees to use *only* RTTY (45.45  baud,
>>     170 Hz shift) and PSK31 within their current  allocations and any
>>     expanded 80 meter data  allocation.
>>
>> I don't believe there should be any "grace period"  for automatically
>> controlled digital stations (including  "auto-responding stations") to
>> implement the *effective* channel busy  detection and establish a public
>> database of schedule/contact  information.  In addition, I do not
>> believe that automatically  controlled stations should *ever* operate
>> outside an extremely limited  spectrum (e.g., 97.211 allocations) as
>> automatic channel busy detection  can not be 100% effective and
>> automatic operation is incompatible with  the first come first served
>> (no "assigned channels") nature of amateur  radio.
>>
>> As as early adopter of ACDS, participant in the Special  Temporary
>> Authorization issued to TAPR in the late 1970s for the study  of
>> automatically controlled HF forwarding systems, and member of  ARRL's
>> *first* ad hoc Digital committee, I believe ACDS are a blight on  amateur
>> radio and serve *no legitimate amateur purpose*.  The  claimed EMCOMM
>> role can be provided by *manually controlled and  monitored* stations
>> established in [limited] areas impacted by a  communications emergency
>> during the emergency and for limited drills  not to exceed four
>> [consecutive] hours per month.
>>
>>   73,
>>
>>     ... Joe,  W4TV
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