[ARC5] "What's Old is New..."

[jeepp]

Mike,That question was asked 1000 times.  And, you are correct.  The big issues were that every T had to be crossed and every I had to be dotted when providing compliance.  The real spectrum issues are frequency accuracy and stability and spectral purity.  FCC acceptance was not considered acceptable, never mind that FCC approved equipment operated just fine in the same general spectrum environment, be it HF or VHF, in this case.  If a manufacturer did not provide compliance for each and every data point in its "brochure", no play!  One rumor was that all the member owned equipment had to be banned so that DoD procurements could be justified owing to the "created" lack of assets.  The thing is, many simply used their gear, anyway, sort of paraphrasing George Pattons position that "They have their schedules and I have mine..."Bottom line, in our Wing we have but 4 radio amateurs.  Of the four of us, at least two have or will have retired by years end.  Now, all said, the cancellation of use of member-owned aircraft was arguably a good decision.  The brand new USAF owned T-41s, etc. and the current maintenace program are excellent.  The current Form 5 Pilot proficiency program and requirements virtually mirror the USAF.  Jeep K3HVG


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-------- Original message --------
From: MICHAEL ST ANGELO <mstangelo at comcast.net> 
Date: 8/8/17  16:24  (GMT-05:00) 
To: Robert Eleazer <releazer at earthlink.net>, jeepp <jeepp at comcast.net>, 	arc5 at mailman.qth.net 
Subject: Re: [ARC5] "What's Old is New..." 

Why is amateur radio non-compliant? If the issue is frequency stability many rigs have TCXO or the option to install one?

Mike N2MS
 
On August 8, 2017 at 12:56 PM jeepp <jeepp at comcast.net> wrote:

Wayne,There is currently zero interest in cw. With the wholesale implementation of the NTIA Red Book some time ago, the number of amateur radio ( hence qualified cw operators)  went way down as virtually all amateur equipment was said to be non-compliant.  By that action, CAP was able to convince the DoD that funds were necessary for new equipment, HF SSB and VHF FM.  Unlike MARS and other Govt. agencies, no waivers or accomodation (clearly available) were requested by CAP.  This still a hot political topic in many circles.Jeep K3HVG (50+ years in CAP)


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-------- Original message --------
From: Robert Eleazer <releazer at earthlink.net> 
Date: 8/8/17 12:32 (GMT-05:00) 
To: arc5 at mailman.qth.net 
Subject: [ARC5] "What's Old is New..." 

Back in the mid-70's I was surprised and disappointed to find that the Civil Air Patrol ran its own HF radio networks, using SSB - but that CW/Morse was not allowed without special permission from the local commander.
One would think that such organizations would be a reservoir of expertise in that crowbar-simple highly reliable means of communication, but the reverse proved to be true.
WayneWB5WSV   

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