[TenTec] Fwd: RE: RM 11306

[Ralph Matheny]

I too am concerned about regulation which deals with problems which have 
yet to develop.

There is another issue which this "by bandwidth" creates.  Soon, we end up
with dozens of "modes" and nobody can communicate with anybody else.  We
already have to have software to identify various codes and modulations.
While progress is good, I'm inclined that there needs to be factors other
than bandwidth in placing the modes within our (often under used) bands.

The greatest change from one mode to a better one (DSB AM to SSB) was made
much easier by the fact that everybody had a "BFO" which at least brought
some "decoding" of the new method.  If you had a QRM problem, you could
talk to the other guy about it.  As I remember a lot of that kind of
"talking" went on!!

There are about as many ways to use a given frequency as there are people
to do it.  Encouraging more "new and better" modes might not be as good an
idea as it seems.

Ralph Matheny
K8RYU
207 Gibbons Place
Marietta Ohio  45750
mathenyr at marietta.edu