[EIDXA] ARRL assault on CW ??

[Lew Gordon]

After reading NU0P's posting I contacted Dave Sumner, K1ZZ, for an 
explanation.  Here is what I received back.
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Hi Lew,

Just got home and found your voicemail. Sorry not to call back -- 
it's late back here and I'm dragging a bit.

I don't know what's been posted, but here's an explanation. In a 
nutshell, the alternative we went to the FCC to talk about was to 
make practically no change at all below 28 MHz, except to add some 
protection for narrowband CW/RTTY operators against wideband digital 
modes. What some people seem to be missing is that there's no change 
at all to 97.305(a), which authorizes CW everywhere (except, for the 
moment, on the five 60-meter channels). They're raising alarm bells 
about things that have been in the rules for years. From some of the 
rhetoric, it's as if they just tuned in to "War of the Worlds" and 
don't realize it's fiction.

73,
Dave K1ZZ
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I hope this clears things up.

73,

Lew Gordon, K4VX

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