[FARC] T-MARC Meeting Highlights

[Jeff Fishman]

Dan,
Thank you very much for representing the club at the meeting and for your 
excellent report.
73,
Jeff KB3FIO
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "K3SKE Dan" <k3ske at comcast.net>
To: "FARC Mail List" <farc at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, February 28, 2010 5:59 PM
Subject: [FARC] T-MARC Meeting Highlights


> Anyone who desires to read proposed or pending agenda is welcomed to go to 
> the T-MARC web site at www.tmarc.org.
>
> At the winter T-MARC meeting I was in the company of Roland W3FDK & Phil 
> W3ICF.
>
> The voting membership voted unanimously to approve the revised T-MARC 
> by-laws.
> The voting membership voted unanimously to retain the current T-MARC Board 
> Members without challenge.
>
> Comments from the T-MARC membership consisted of the following:
>
> Amateur analog voice repeaters will in due course be phased out, being 
> replaced with newer digital (voice) versions. In the long run your pride 
> and joy 30 year old Clegg FM transceiver or that xtal controlled Regency 
> radio will be worthless. So look for dual mode handhelds to start 
> appearing. See what Dayton has out there this year. There are dual mode 
> repeaters available at this time. My definition of dual mode means analog 
> in analog out or digital in digital out. The biggest drawback that looms 
> on the horizon is that there is no standard digital transmission format 
> for manufacturers to build to. At least two competing standards are out 
> there. If you have some age on you it is just like the VHS vs. BETA war 
> for now.
>
> If the amateur radio community adopts any kind of band plan changes and 
> closer channel spacing a lot of existing rigs will be toast as well.
>
> The commercial VHF and UHF bands regulated by the FCC are being mandated 
> to digital as well as 12.5 kHz and even 6.25 kHz channel spacing. This 
> will get dragged out just like the switch to digital TV. Maybe we will all 
> get vouchers for converters. The FCC will not mandate digital conversion 
> to the amateur radio bands. But repeater owners more than likely will want 
> the newer digital toys. Of course the resale value of all of that 
> commercial analog equipment will drop to below scrape metal value.
>
> Noteworthy; during this meeting other topics were discussed within the 
> T-MARC membership and board members. In my opinion members that brought up 
> these various requests should have just shut up and stayed seated during 
> the meeting.
>
> Next scheduled T-MARC regional meeting is scheduled for Howard County in 
> the summer.
>
> That's about all the news that's fit to print...
>
> Regards,
>
> Dan
> K3SKE
>
> Official voice for representing the FARC to T-MARC.
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