Topband: Re: 1837.5 KC/1845 KC CW QRM

[Herb Schoenbohm]

Riley is a consummate federal bureaucrat who, as Pat Buchannan used to 
say, rides to the sound of the gunfire. Riley has said it often that his 
position of amateur radio czar is a labor of love for amateur radio. 
There is no such official FCC position as amateur radio czar.  Riley's 
fatwahs are much more tempered  these days with the realization that 
amateur is supposed to be self policing.  To federalize every turf 
battle creates dangerous a knife that cuts both ways.

In my view we must rally behind the age old "Gentleman's Band" concept, 
underscored so often in the past by W1BB, Stew Perry. (He put out more 
brush fires on 160 than the National Forest Service. We are 160, not the 
ARRL nor the FCC! The framers of our government believed in the fact 
that the least governed as most likely the best governed.  Federalizing 
minor disputes on TopBand is a complete anathema to the freedom there we 
have all enjoyed for so many years.  If the intransigence gets out of 
control perhaps we could set up some topband operator based mediation or 
conflict resolution teams willing to listen to both sides..  This 
certainly would be preferable to firing denigrating broadsides back and 
forth and running to Riley for help.  Again there is no guarantee that 
RH  nor the feds will weigh in on the best side.  In turfs wars like 
this nobody wins.

Can't we all just get along?


73,

Herb Schoenbohm, KV4FZ


W2pm at aol.com wrote:

>Is Riley prepared to "enforce" the "voluntary band plans" during contests? 
>Man, he is going to be one busy guy. And how does one enforce a voluntary 
>initiative?  This is very bad precedent not for hams but for FCC because this can 
>been as selective harassment and abuse of power which could erode Riley's 
>authority in the long run.
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