[SFDXA] Urge the FCC-Reject ARRL's Symbol Rate Petition

[Bill]

 From Don AA5AU:(edited for space)

I threw together a webpage showing how to file comments on the recent ARRL Petition designated RM-11708. It is located at:
http://aa5au.com/fcc/how-to-comment.html

It is IMPORTANT that each of you, whether you live in the United States or not, file a comment showing your opposition (or support)
of the ARRL Petition. As mentioned on this reflector previously, this petition has world-wide ramifications.

The only way we are going to defeat this thing is with an abundance of well-thought out
comments directed against the petition.

If you would like to see what comments have been submitted, you can go to:

http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/proceeding/view?name=RM-11708

Feel free to forward these links to any other organizations that may benefit from them. I will post a link to the how-to-comment
page on the home pages of rttycontesting.com and aa5au.com later today.

73, Don AA5AU



On 12/8/2013 9:01 AM, Norm Alexander wrote:
> The following is an argument for writing the FCC opposing the ARRL Symbol Rate Petition written by Dave AA6YQ author of DXLab logging program, and active DXer.
>
>
> What I thought sounding like a reasonable request by the ARRL, after reading Dave's argument, I have changed my mind -  something to think about.  Note comments are due by Dec. 17th
>
> Norm W4QN
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> Sent: December 07, 2013 14:33
> To: dxlab at yahoogroups. com
> Cc: Dave AA6YQ
> Subject: [dxlab] Why (and How) You Should Urge the FCC to Reject the ARRL's
> Symbol Rate Petition
>
> Note: the message below is not directly relevant to DXLab, but as I consider
> this issue critical to all amateur radio operators, I am taking the liberty
> of posting it here.
>
> 73,
>
> Dave, AA6YQ
>
> The ARRL has filed a petition with the FCC to replace the current symbol
> rate limits with a bandwidth limit. If accepted, digital modes as wide as
> 2800 hertz would become legal for use by US hams on HF bands. Pactor 3,
> which is legal under the current symbol rate limit, is 2200 hertz wide.
>
> If the ARRL's petition were accepted, automatic (unattended) digital mode
> stations currently using Pactor 3 could be upgraded to wider modes. Many
> automatic stations lack the ability to forego transmitting on a busy
> frequency, and thus interfere with ongoing QSOs. If automatic stations are
> permitted to use modes with bandwidths up to 2800 hertz, the incidence of
> this interference will increase significantly.
>
> While US-based automatic stations using digital modes wider than 500 hertz
> are restricted to specified sub-bands (e.g. 10,140 - 10,150, 14,095 -
> 14,099, 14,101-14,112, 21,090 - 21,100, 24,925 - 24930), these frequencies
> are shared with QSOs between live operators. Furthermore, the WinLink
> network now claims that its automatic stations are actually under the
> control of the remote stations that invoke them, and are therefore no longer
> restricted to these sub-bands. This network now advertises US-based
> automatic stations running Pactor 3 outside the automatic sub-bands -
> automatic stations that could be upgraded to 2800 hertz modes if the ARRL
> Petition is accepted.
>
> Allowing automatic stations to use wider digital modes without first taking
> steps to reduce the interference they cause to ongoing QSOs is a recipe for
> increased conflict and ill will - the opposite of what's needed. In the
> interest of continued innovation, we should allow the use of wider digital
> modes on HF bands - but in a manner that reduces interference and conflict,
> rather than making it worse as the ARRL's petition would do.
>
> I therefore urge you to oppose the ARRL's petition by filing comments with
> the FCC before December 17. Don AA5AU has provided instructions for doing
> so:
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