Dick, The committee has not yet been appointed. I expect to have it done by the EC meeting on October 24. The reasons for the delay are many, the most important is trying to conclude who should be on this committee given its potential impact and the fact that ALL repeater coordination personnel want to be on it. That, of course, would the size of the committee impossible to come to any conclusions. It has not been forgotten, just trying to work out the best combination. Appointments are forthcoming. 73 Joel W5ZN _____ From: Richard J. Norton [mailto:richardjnorton@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, October 02, 2009 8:58 AM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:18140] Fwd: Narrowbanding Committee Has there been any activity to report regarding this inquiry? 73, Dick, N6AA ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Fortney, James T. <Jim@fortney.org> Date: Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 1:42 AM Subject: Narrowbanding Committee To: n6aa@arrl.org Cc: n6vi@arrl.org Dick - Can you tell me what is happening as a result of the action below from the July Board Meeting? We have several individuals in the Division who have expressed a specific interest in this subject. Any action here will affect all of the Coordination groups. - JimF K6IYK 29. On motion of Mr. Sarratt, seconded by Mr. Frenaye, the following resolution was ADOPTED: WHEREAS, there is current substantial amateur radio movement, activity, and innovation in the digital narrowband area; and WHEREAS, the FCC has mandated that by 2013 commercial radio move to narrowband channels and Amateur Radio manufacturers normally follow commercial practices; and WHEREAS, the VHF/UHF Amateur Radio band plan currently uses 15 and 20 kHz FM channels; and WHEREAS, with the increasing use of narrowband across the country amateurs are placing and using narrowband equipment outside the repeater subband because there is no real place to fit the narrowband pairs; and WHEREAS, for ARRL to remain a respected leader in technology, we must be actively involved in innovative solutions to problems by bringing about a productive discussion on a technical paradigm shift; now THEREFORE, the President shall appoint a study committee for the purpose of research and to consider developing a plan to move the US amateur community to narrowband channel spacing. -------------------------------------------- James T. Fortney Jim@Fortney.org --------------------------------------------