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Minutes of the Executive Committee, Number 475
MINUTES OF EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE
Number 475
Telephone Conference -- January 17, 2005
Pursuant
to due notice, the Executive Committee of the American Radio Relay League,
Inc., met by telephone conference at 8:10 PM Monday, January 17, 2005, for the
purpose of discussing the Committee's recommendations to the Board with regard
to the draft bandwidth petition. Present were the following committee members:
President Jim Haynie, W5JBP, in the Chair; First Vice President Joel Harrison,
W5ZN; Executive Vice President David Sumner, K1ZZ; and Directors Jay Bellows,
K0QB, Frank Fallon, N2FF, Dick Isely, W9GIG, and Rick Roderick, K5UR. Also
present at the invitation of the Committee were General Counsel Christopher D.
Imlay, W3KD, and Chief Technology Officer Paul Rinaldo, W4RI.
Mr. Harrison reviewed the five recommendations for changes to the draft
petition that had been adopted by the Committee at its October 16, 2004
meeting. They were:
- A segment for 3-kHz bandwidth (no phone)
of 10.135-10.150 MHz to accommodate existing and planned future digital
operations.
- Deletion of the word
"continuous" from the description of test transmissions that are
authorized on most frequencies above 51 MHz.
- Simplification of
proposed changes to §97.309 to clarify that FCC-licensed amateur stations
may use any published digital code as long as other rules are observed.
- Restoration of the existing rules that
permit automatically controlled digital stations in narrow HF subbands.
- A rule prohibiting so-called
semi-automatic digital operation on frequencies where phone is permitted
below 28 MHz.
He observed that after the
Committee's recommendations were publicized, the first three had proved not to
be controversial. However, there was some disagreement among the membership on
the last two.
There was extensive discussion of the pros and cons of
Recommendations 4 and 5. At the conclusion of the discussion, Mr. Harrison
summarized. The voting members of the Committee had reached consensus on
rescinding Recommendation 4, but there was no consensus with regard to
rescinding Recommendation 5.
On motion of Mr. Haynie, it was VOTED that the Executive
Committee does not recommend retention of the existing rules that permit
automatically controlled digital stations in narrow HF subbands.
It was noted that, depending on what the Board decides
with regard to Recommendation 5, it may be desirable to consider adding
spectrum in the 10-meter band for 3-kHz bandwidth (no phone) below 28.3 MHz.
There
being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 9:25 PM.
Respectfully
submitted,
David
Sumner, K1ZZ
Secretary
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