[Paham] news from Riley Hollingsworth

[WORKSNTV@aol.com]

It's an overblown sensationalist view of the rule making petition, and I've
crtticized Newline about it.=A0 Petitions come in every day about something,=
 and
that's like someone reporting that we got a petition to outlaw TV and writin=
g
an article entitlesd "TV will be outlawed if the FCC accepts such and such".
It's sort of the=A0 National Enquirer view of things, like you see in the
grocery store check out line.

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Dear Riley:=20

Please look at the following info which is making it's round on the Internet=
.
Is this true about the proposed rule making and if so what is the petition
number.=20


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Robert Reynolds-WB3DYE=20
73 New Alexander St=20
Wilkes-Barre, Pa 18702=20

RADIO LAW:=A0 HAMS PETITION TO OUTLAW HI-FI SSB=20

On-air experimentation with so-called High Fidelity or Enhanced Single=20
Sideband transmissions could be outlawed if thr FCC adopts a proposed=20
rules change requested by two radio amateurs on opposite sides of the=20
country.=A0 Amateur Radio Newsline's Paul Courson, WA3VJB, reports from=20
the nations capital:=20

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A petition for rulemaking was sent to the FCC and accepted by the agency=20
May 27th. It was not immediately issued a Rulemaking Number so it was=20
hard to find in the public record. However, Newsline has talked with two=20
sources who have seen the proposal, and it calls for what many would=20
consider severe bandwidth limitations on HF phone.=20

The petition asks for a federally mandated bandwidth limit of 2.8=20
kilohertz for SSB, well below the extended bandwidth needed for what has=20
been called enhanced audio.=20

One of the two hams who submitted the petition told the FCC they are=20
motivated by interference problems caused by two groups of single=20
sideband operators. These groups are portrayed by the petitioners as, in=20
both cases, having cast aside traditional voluntary limits on bandwidth=20
of roughly three kilohertz. The petition therefore asks that these=20
voluntary limits be made mandatory to provide a clear enforcement=20
mechanism for regulators.=20

The petitioners, Michael Lonneke WOYR of Virginia, and Melvin Ladisky=20
W6FDR of California, said hams from one of the groups come on during=20
radio contests, and are found tweaking their transmitters to splatter=20
purposely to provide elbowroom on a very crowded band. The two men=20
characterize the other group as those who experiment with high-fidelity=20
audio, apparently trying to replicate the sound of FM Broadcast=20
stations.