FCC Releases R&O on New Amateur AllocationsQSL Dave - Tnx. C U tmw. Joel -----Original Message----- From: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ [mailto:dsumner@arrl.org] Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 5:31 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [ARRL-ODV:8782] Re: FCC Releases R&O on New Amateur Allocations Joel, the delegation has now been named and delegation proceedings are closed. I'm not privy to them. However, I have every reason to believe that there will be a US proposal, and that it will represent an improvement over the status quo. I don't think I've been guilty of excessive optimism on 40 meters. For this weekend in Dayton it would be best to emphasize the extreme difficulty and complexity of the issue despite the fact that we have support from 25 countries in Europe for the ECP, 15 countries in the Americas for the IAP, and a handful of others. The ECP and IAP are both favorable, but they are significantly different and will have to be reconciled. The Arab States and Iran could throw a huge monkey wrench into the works if they decide they want to, not just (or even principally) on our issues but for the conference as a whole. They have experienced spokesmen capable of doing it. We may find ourselves subject to political forces well above the delegation level. Other than on the Morse requirement I'm not making predictions. Dave -----Original Message----- From: Harrison, Joel (1st Vice President) Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 5:53 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [ARRL-ODV:8779] Re: FCC Releases R&O on New Amateur Allocations You missed my point, Dave, or I didn't state it clearly enough. My remarks were in response to your comment: "The news is not as good as we had earlier been led to believe it would be, particularly with regard to LF." We've been led to believe things are going well with 40 meters, but I believe we're going to find out otherwise very soon. That was my point. Joel -----Original Message----- From: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ [mailto:dsumner@arrl.org] Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 4:42 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [ARRL-ODV:8778] Re: FCC Releases R&O on New Amateur Allocations The same considerations with regard to federal agencies with homeland security responsibilities do come into play at 7 MHz as at 5 MHz. One difference, though, is that we have pushed very hard on 7 MHz because this is our one chance to fix it. At 5 MHz, since we didn't get what we want at the start we can build a good record and try for relaxed restrictions fairly quickly. At least we got our nose in the tent. Dave -----Original Message----- From: Harrison, Joel (1st Vice President) Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 5:27 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [ARRL-ODV:8774] Re: FCC Releases R&O on New Amateur Allocations Given the current (continuing) attitude at NTIA and FCC regarding amateur radio, as was apparent today, how can we expect to convince them to "see it our way" regarding 40 meters??? I think we're hosed there also, and just haven't faced that fact yet. 73 Joel W5ZN