What a glorious day it would be for ham radio if the bands got so busy that the complainers couldn't find an open frequency ... ----------------------------------- Michael N. Raisbeck Phone: (978) 250-1236 Fax: (978) 250-0432 Email: k1twf@arrl.net CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email may contain privileged and confidential information intended only for the above-named recipient. If you have received this in error, you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, or copying is strictly prohibited. In such case, please notify us by reply email and delete this message. -----Original Message----- From: Tom Frenaye [mailto:frenaye@pcnet.com] Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2007 12:06 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:15325] Re: My Perspective At 09:02 AM 3/24/2007, Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ wrote:

Is there any virtue in our trying to collect data on semi-automatic operation to quantify the problem, at least as it may exist outside the narrow automatic control subbands listed in 97.221(b)? It may turn out that a small number of stations are the source of most of the problem.

I'd be interested in rough numbers of each. I bet a lot of them are just reacting to QRM from any other mode. -- Tom ===== e-mail: k1ki@arrl.org ARRL New England Division Director http://www.arrl.org/ Tom Frenaye, K1KI, P O Box J, West Suffield CT 06093 Phone: 860-668-5444