[CW] FCC Actions

[mikea]

On Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 03:56:35PM -0000, K0HB  wrote:
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> > --- K0HB  <k-zero-hb at earthlink.net> wrote:
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> > > C. I propose that the current power output level of 200W 
> > >    be retained for those segments, and additionally propose 
> > >    that transmitters in those segments must be equipped with 
> > >    auto-adaptive circuitry to reduce output to the lowest 
> > >    level consistent with reliable communications. 
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> > does a power level knob on the front panel count?
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> > 73
> > Scott
> > W5ESE
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> It's a moot point, because FCC didn't adopt the idea, but the answer to
> your question would have been "NO".  
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> The science involved is routine (cell phones all use it) and this would
> have been a way for FCC to focus some attention on §97.313(a).

Ah, yes, that bit of the Part 97 honored _far_ more in the breach than
in the observance. "You're 30 over S9 here, OM. Great signal!"

One of my favorite sigs, a quote from a post in a Usenet group, seems 
to capture the spirit of the thing quite well:

> >> .... from S-30 to ...
> >Now _there's_ a signal report you don't often enter in your log...
> True... most of us are too busy running away from the electric arcs
> and dodging the ball lightning :-) -- Dave Platt, in r.r.a.h

-- 
Mike Andrews, W5EGO
mikea at mikea.ath.cx
Tired old sysadmin