Michael Black wrote:

On Thu, 10 Dec 2015, analogdial wrote:



Let someone like the National Park Service administer the shortwave
bands. Seriously. The shortwave bands should be treated like a
national resource, available to everyone.

That's funny, that's why the FCC exists.


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Not exactly. The FCC has a sort of traffic cop like duty and they go
where the traffic is. I have no doubt the FCC was far more interested
in the SW bands back in the days when RCA and AT&T were sending out
millions of dollars worth of RTTY across the oceans.

The FCC doesn't much care about SW anymore. I came to that conclusion
about 10 years ago, during the BPL scare. The FCC was prepared to allow
what was, at one time, an unconscionable amount of interference. I was
pretty sure the FCC was taking a realpolitk stance, letting BPL die of
it's own shortcomings, but I'm absolutely sure the FCC did not take a
positive stance in protection for a national and international resource.

So, I say F the FCC. Shortwave would be in better hands with the Park
Rangers. The Park Rangers want to preserve order, protect the natural
resources and they hope we come to love the natural resources as much as
they do.