ENFORCEMENT OF NEW BAND PLANS I think that comments Riley made during the GLD Convention last month are relevant to FCC's future dedication to enforcement on amateur bands. He clearly stated that the current, high level of activity by the Commission on amateur bands will be coming to a close, soon. He explained that there are relatively few, hard core "bad apples" operating, but that during the coming months these will be dealt with firmly. After the clowns have been taken care of, enforcement for us will justifiably be reduced to a maintenance level of activity. All this suggests that any new band planning we expect FCC to adopt will need to be rather simple to enforce using only minimal staffing. Jim Weaver, K8JE Director, Great Lakes Division ARRL; http://www.arrl.org/ 5065 Bethany Rd., Mason, OH 45040 Tel.: 513-459-0142; E-mail: k8je@arrl.org ARRL: The reason Amateur Radio Is! MEMBERS: The reason ARRL Is! -----Original Message----- From: W3KD@aol.com [mailto:W3KD@aol.com] Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 8:31 AM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:12165] Re: The EC Allocation by Bandwidth Proposal While I have no quarrel whatsoever with anything that Joel said, and I think he said it well, let's make sure that, in any increased reliance on band planning, we address the enforceability of band plans once again. Perhaps we could re-address the issue of enforcement of band plans in a separate context, since bailing out the ocean in the bandwidth petition is a bad idea tactically. My concern stems from two considerations: (1) band plans have not proven easy to enforce to date, except in cases of malicious interference; and (2) Hollingsworth, who is and has been willing to push that envelope for us, will be retiring in the near future, and the future of enforcement overall is a bit cloudy at the moment. 73, Chris W3KD