[CW] Request for input for school project

[James Hull]

Fellow Members of The CW Reflector:

One of my son’s friends is attending college and has a school project that needs some input from us amateur radio operators.  I have copied Nathan Gray’s e-mail below and I ask that you consider forwarding it to those you think might have an opinion on the matter.  If you are so inclined to respond to this request, I ask that you respond to Nathan directly with your response.

As always, please ping on me if you have any questions.

James Hull
KK4EOU
SKCC# 14457


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On Apr 23, 2017, at 3:54 PM, Nathan D Gray <ndgray985 at students.phc.edu <mailto:ndgray985 at students.phc.edu>> wrote:

Good afternoon Mr. Hull,

I seem to have lost track of your personal address, so my apologies for contacting you at this one. 

I'm contacting you because of a Patrick Henry College project I am involved in. As part of a Federal Rulemaking project on Amateur Radio regulation by the FCC, I need to talk to 5 people in the regulated area regarding a 2012 regulation, the Amateur Radio Use of Allocation at 5 MHz.

I was hoping to be able to ask you a couple of questions regarding the rule. The basic questions would be:
Did you know about the regulation when it was being considered (May 2010-Nov 2011)?
Did the regulation affect your own ham radio operation, testing, or experience after its implementation?
Do you prefer the changes the FCC made, or would you favor the former situation?
Any additional thoughts you have regarding the relationship between the FCC and the ham community.

If you are able to assist me, I'm available over email or phone, subject to your preference.

For context, here is the FCC’s summary of the rule:
"Affects five channels in the 5330.5-5406.4 kHz band (the 60 meter band). We replace one of the channels with a less encumbered one, increase the maximum authorized power amateur stations may transmit in this band, and authorize amateur stations to transmit three additional emission designators. We also adopt an additional operational rule that prohibits the use of automatically controlled digital stations and makes editorial revisions to the relevant portions of the Table of Frequency Allocations (Allocation Table) and our service rules." [FCC 11-171]

I can send you the full text of the final rule if you would like to see it.

Thank you for your time.

Respectfully,
Nathan Gray

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