[CW] ARRL BOD Jan. 19-20, 2001

[N2EY@aol.com]

In a message dated 8/14/03 7:35:37 AM Eastern Daylight Time, N7DC@cs.com 
writes:


> Having lived and operated in Hong Kong, I can emphaticaly state that Japan 
> is no "gentelemans paradise" either.  At a region 3 meeting, one of the big 
> issues to us was the number of Japanese hams (They "bought" their licenses--- 
> no test for the low power licesnes) who were like sharks everytime any VS6 
> got on the air and were trying to work DX.  A real feeding frenzy. 
> 
> Also when I Caracas, my biggest ham radio concern was locals getting right 
> in the middle of the 40 meter CW band, with their constant chatting on SSB 
> --ACROSS TOWN.  Sub-bands should be required by the ITU, because smaller 
> countries are NOT going to do it.  
> 
> 

I hear ya! 

Testimony like this is what we need in comments to any proposals that want to 
change the subbands. It's one thing to argue from a theoretical standpoint 
that subbands are a good thing, and quite another to have someone who has 
actually lived without them say that they're a really good idea. 

73 de Jim, N2EY


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