On Mar 14, 11:44 pm, Phil Kane wrote:


That's "Regulation-By-Abstention", Hans, which is no regulation at all
and is extremely poor policy.


I understand your view, Phil, especially coming from your long
background in a regulatory environment.

But I think one of the failures of the FCC stewardship of Amateur
Radio has been over-regulation.

Pause here, and refresh your mindset on the difference between
"regulation" and "enforcement".

One of the bedrock 'values' of the Amateur Radio Service is
experimentation and "advancement of the radio art", yet FCC has
historically dragged its feet in allowing us the leeway to try
unorthodox modulation schemes, new transmission modes, etc. (As an
example, Canadian amateurs had AX.25 up and running for almost a
decade before FCC would allow W/K guys to play in that mode.)

Paraphrasing Thomas Paine, "That government is best which governs
least." I believe "that agency regulates best which regulates
least."

Give us a sandbox to play in, make sure we don't trash the surrounding
neighborhood, and let us play our game. Use enforcement, not over
regulation, to make sure the public interest is served.

73, de Hans, K0HB