Iitoi wrote:
"Dee Flint" wrote in message
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I particularly like the Novice/Tech+ getting more CW bandwidth.

On 80m they used to have 50kHz pretty much to themselves.

Yep, and that was just the problem. They were there pretty much by
themselves. Oh, you heard the stories about the benevolent Extras
cruising by and handing out that first QSO like Santa Claus in the
Macy's Parade tossing candy to the kiddies, but those were just
stories.

(Of course you could
have dropped a bucket of grenades on 3675-3725 and never touched a single Novice
or Tech 99% of the time.)

Litpoi wants to kill off the Novices and Tech plusses with a bucket of
grenades.

Now they'll have 75kHz on 80m, (a whopping increase of 25kHz) and they'll have

That's a 50% increase. In any other context, N2EY would claim that 3%
was ultra-significant. I guess different people have different ideas
about what is significant.

to share it with a host of ****ed-off displaced traffic nets,

CW traffic nets? Don't kid yourself. They can look at it as a
recruitment opportunity. Best thing that ever happened to them.

RTTY/data
operators, all the other Generals who were already there, probably some
displaced Canadian phone nets,

Out of the FCC's jurisdiction.

and the W1AW bulldozer.

Well within the FCC's jurisdiction. Or you could look at the bright
side. When W1AW asks if the frequency is in use, the Novice could
answer, "Yes, but we've never have mattered."

What few who migrate
down there (I deem it less than 2 dozen anyhow) may not share your "particular
like" for the move.

Fair enough. The ARRL told the FCC to get off the pot and address the
petitions. They did.