I had a typo in there. At the beginning of the second paragraph I meant to say "With the advice of our FCC Counsel". Obviously, Dave has not had a chance to comment on it yet. 73; Mike W7VO
On September 12, 2019 at 10:28 AM Michael Ritz <w7vo@comcast.net> wrote:
This note is mostly for members of the EC, but I'm copying all of ODV. Most of you have been here MUCH longer than I have, and may have history on this.
The new HF Digital band planning committee is getting busy, and will have our second teleconference next week. While rummaging around the internet a couple of days ago I ran into RM-11759, a proposal sent to the FCC about three years ago, and like many others seems to have gotten stuck in the quagmire that IS the FCC. Counsel Siddall's report to the board for July simply stated that it was indeed there, with no action. This particular RM sought to jigger around some of the 75/80 meter band, and will have an impact on what the band planning committee is doing with that band. Maybe the final recommendation will stay the same as outlined in the RM, but maybe it will be different as the digital world has changed in the last three years. I don't know, and the committee is VERY far away from any recommendations.
At the advice of our FCC Counsel, the EC needs to decide what to do with this particular RM, including the possibility of putting it on hold, or deciding to maybe later modify it by adding the other proposed changes for the other bands, or create a new RM for all the other bands other than 75/80 meters and let this one either be modified, or left as-is. Maybe it needs to be withdrawn and later replaced with another new proposal that encompasses all the proposed band changes. There's a lot to think about here.
In case you are not familiar, or have forgotten, I have attached RM-11759 for everyone's review.
73; Mike
W7VO
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