NTIA Non-Compliant Ham Radios (was: RE: [ICOM] PRO III]

[D C *Mac* Macdonald]

Of course, you are right, Dave.

However, the base reason is not the point.

The  RESULTANT  is the point!


73 - Mqc, K2GKK/5
Oklahoma City, OK



----Original Message Follows----
From: David Nagel <nagel.david at sbcglobal.net>
Reply-To: ICOM Reflector <icom at mailman.qth.net>
To: ICOM Reflector <icom at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: RE: [ICOM] PRO III
Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 08:03:06 -0800 (PST)

Mac

If the members leave the program as you say
remember the problem does not stem from the
program but with Congress and it's attempt to
raise money by selling rights to radio spectrum.

This required NTIA to refarm the governmental
radio spectrum users into a much smaller space.
To do this they had to require more efficient
radios that would not interfere with each other.

Remember HF signals  travel and may be
detected and cause interference or be
interfered with at a great distance.  Not likely
I know but the government doesn't deal
with not likelies.

I don't like it any more than anyone else.  I
have 5 formerly compliant HF radios of which
only one is still compliant, Yaesu FT-817.

Want to buy a Kenwood mobile HF cheap?

Dave Nagel



D C *Mac* Macdonald <k2gkk at hotmail.com> wrote:
It will be interesting to see how many MARS, CAP,
and USCGAux members just say "to heck with it"
and leave their respective programs as a result of
these changes.

Betcha the "law of unintended consequences"
rears it always ugly head!

73 - Mac, K2GKK/5
Oklahoma City, OK