[SEDXC] Bandwidth

[Tom W8JI]

> Why bother at all?  ARRL have made the Amateur Radio Parity Act moot
> by their support for unlimited bandwidth data signals in the "CW and
> RTTY" bands as well as their proposals that would allow Technician
> class licensees to run data modes including automated data stations
> (WINLINK).
>
> The rules as proposed by the FCC in response to ARRL's RM-11708
> (WT 16-239) will eliminate any limit on symbol rates with no limit
> on occupied bandwidth.  The traditional "CW/RTTY" sub-bands could
> be overrun with 2.8 KHz (STANAG/MS-110 and PACTOR 4), or wider
> (D-STAR, System Fusion) data/file transfers in a matter of months.


You have to be kidding me! The ARRL actually did something like this and the 
FCC is on board for something this stupid?