[K6BW] HELP! Call to Action - CW and digital bands threatened with interference

[BBQ]

Hello,

There is a recent development that is very serious about having strong 
and wide interference on the CW and digital portions of the band. 

I have attached an email from FISTS describing this threat and how to 
make a quick, 5 minute comment to the FCC that you oppose this threat to 
our bands.  You can also read about this on the QRZ front page, under 
the title,
Email Robots Are Coming To CW and RTTY.

Thank you for reading this and I hope you do send a comment to the FCC.  
I did yesterday and it really did only take 5 minutes.  A small amount 
of time to protect the ham bands where we operate.

73 - Rem
K 6 B B Q

Hi FISTS,

You are receiving this email because you provided your email address to
FISTS CW Club. If you prefer not to receive these update emails, please let
us know and you will be removed from the list.

The ARRL had an ex parte meeting with the FCC to modify the appendix of the
petition they had previously submitted to the FCC in November of 2005  -
RM-11306. 

One of these "modifications" to the ARRL petition has the potential to
cause serious harm to CW operation. The ARRL wants to increase the maximum
bandwidth for digital and RTTY to six times the current limit from 500
Hertz to 3 kHz. 

Allowing these wide-band digital signals free run of the CW spectrum (for
example, from 7.000 - 7.125 and 14.000-14.150, 160, 80 and 30 meters) will
literally kill CW operations on most bands.

The proposed modification to RM-11306 will be up on the FISTS web page
soon, so you can read it in its entirety (http://www.fists.org).

The League (or should I say the "National Association for Amateur Radio",
as they now refer to themselves) is fully aware of the consequences of such
a proposal.  We don't have to remind you that when the code/no code
controversy began years ago, they went against the results of their own
poll and supported the elimination and downgrading of the code requirement,
even after the majority of the ARRL members voted to retain it. 

When I first saw this modification, it was so outrageous that I thought it
might be a hoax. I spoke with Bill Cross at the FCC, who assured me that it
was genuine. He told me the FCC is reading all the comments posted to the
FCC web page and we should make our concerns about these 3kHz digital
transmissions known, as they are being taken into consideration when the
FCC decides whether to act on this proposal or not. 

To file a comment, or read comments posted by others, go to
http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs/ 

On the right side of the page you'll see:
________________
ECFS Main Links 

Getting Started

Submit a Filing

Search for Filed Comments
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Click on Search for Filed Comments to read comments already posted or click
on Submit a Filing to enter your own comment. 
The proceeding you are commenting on is RM-11306. 

Normally, I would also recommend that you write the ARRL officials and let
them know your feelings on the subject, but it's pretty obvious that they
have their own agenda and will do whatever they darn well please. 

Enough is enough, please read RM-11306 and the new modifications and post
your comments to the FCC.

Together we can make a difference before it really is too late.

73 88
Nancy WZ8C