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/
Tel.: 513-459-0142;
E-mail: k8je@arrl.org
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-----Original Message-----
From: W3KD@aol.com
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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