Yes, a very interesting article.
If you think about this as a 3-dimensional "space"
with frequency on one axis, time on another orthogonal axis, and location/area
on the third axis orthogonal to the other two; you can easily visualize how
vulnerable our amateur allocations are compared to other services i.e.
broadcasters or Wi-Fi.
Perhaps we should make a special effort to rally
the amateurs in Seattle, Redmond, and Washington DC to activate our Microwave
bands with high bandwidth modes and long "rag-chews". Otherwise the
Microsoft data will show some "un-used" amateur allocations.
It's a bit like putting your thumb in the crack in
the dyke - I know.
Rod, K0DAS
Midwest Div Vice-Director
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 7:36
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Subject: [arrl-odv:21252] Interesting
Article about spectrum shortages andthe National Broadband Plan
I thought the article below to be quite interesting in numerous
respects relative to our spectrum protection efforts. Of course, the thrust of
the article, that there is no spectrum shortage but inefficient deployment of
spectrum (and spectrum "hoarding") could be used against us, we have arguments
to parry that thrust. What is of some concern, however is the fact that
Microsoft is doing on-air monitoring for underutilized spectrum.
73, Chris W3KD
Christopher D. Imlay
Booth, Freret, Imlay &
Tepper. P.C.
14356 Cape May Road
Silver Spring, Maryland 20904-6011
(301) 384-5525 telephone
(301) 384-6384 facsimile
W3KD@ARRL.ORG
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