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KØHB wrote:
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But in the "real world", that would boil down to a bunch
of appointed experts going into the proverbial smoky back
room and coming up with a bandplan that would have the
force of law in the USA.

"Smoky back room"?

Yes, Hans, "smoky back room".

Guess I should have included the "DEVIL'S ADVOCATE = ON" indicator
for that one, because you missed the point. My bad.

Look at how the ARRL is perceived by some hams, just for
producing *proposals*. ............ Do you think an unelected
IARU committee would fare any better?

If an IARU committee were given the power to make
bandplans that became the defacto regulations, can't
you hear the shouting?

Sure there'd be shouting! Hell, there are people still shouting here on rrap
about how the old "Class A" guys were hurt by the "Great Giveaway" back over a
half century ago. Let em shout!

We've seen what happens when some things are
not adequately regulated.

But more than that, we've seen what happens when some things are over-regulated.
No competition generally brings stagnation, resistance to progressive
initiatives, and eventual marginalization. Like what's happening to ARRL and
Amateur Radio.

73, de Hans, K0HB