Topband: RM-11305

[Tom Rauch]

RM-11305 was filed on behalf of the "Communications Think
Tank" I think it is important to pay attention to this!

http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/prod/ecfs/comsrch_v2.cgi

Type in RM-11305 if you are interested in reading the
proposal. What this proposal does is essentially abolish all
mode guidelines and turn it over to users to decide if
someone wants to work phone, digital, or CW on any
particular area of the band. We would depend on amateurs to
be good citizens and follow good bandplans, and the FCC
would have nothing much to do with saying what goes on where
inside the band.

If you work digital modes, CW, or any narrow mode you will
be at the mercy of any operator of wider modes to stay off
your frequency. If you work weak signal CW, the present
generation of SSB transceivers will affect your noise floor
as far as several kHz outside the passband of the SSB
signal. There will be no FCC rule saying SSB, AM and FM
operates here and CW, RTTY, and Slow Scan operates over
there. It will all be up to the moral character and common
sense of the operator to not QRM incompatible modes.

This is one more step towards turning amateur radio into a
no-regulation service. Maybe most of us want that, maybe
most don't.

If you don't want to see that go to this field:
http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/prod/ecfs/upload_v2.cgi

and fill out the form and make a comment against RM-11305

If you think removing all FCC regulations on bandwidth and
modes is a good idea for the futer of amateur radio, then
comment that way.