"tianli" wrote in message
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Amateur Radio Under Threat in the UK

o Advocates total disregard of all International rules in the interest of
National flexibility

o Suggest that 60% of all spectrum is tradable

o Is in favour of Software/Cognitive Radio that could potentially operate
on
top of Radio Amateurs without warning

o Proposes to withdraw from CB, Amateur, Maritime licensing

o Proposes to simplify access to entrants - barely after the new License
structure is in place

http://www.eham.net/articles/10030

And you think it won't happen in the U.S. of A.?

America Needs Unchained Spectrum
http://www.businessweek.com/technolo...05014_6520.htm

The Business Week article only mentions wasted spectrum in the TV bands, not
the SW bands. You may not be aware of this, the SW bands have much, much
less available spectrum and not nearly as well suited for short range
communications as VHF/UHF wavelengths.


And you thought DRM was a DXers nightmare.




Actually, I didn't think DRM was a DXers nightmare, either.

Frank Dresser