John,

Not a professional politician, just an RF engineer with a lot of experience
in negotiating and brokering compromises, both in the international
regulatory arena and in IEEE standards development.

73,
Carl - wk3c

"John Smith" wrote in message
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Carl:

Damn man, you are beginning to sound like a professional politician!
While yesterday I would not have given you a pharts chance in a windstorm,
today I am rethinking that analysis!

Can you suck eggs though a straw too? friendly-grin

John

On Mon, 22 Aug 2005 02:48:25 +0000, Carl R. Stevenson wrote:


wrote:

The "regulation by bandwidth" proposal has some good basic
concepts, but it needs some serious work before it is ready
for prime time. The fact that so many different groups are
opposed to it, and so few in favor, shows that it needs rework.

73 de Jim, N2EY

I agree completely ... If I am elected to the ARRL Board, I will work
with
the various interest groups to find ways to modify the proposal so that
it
will better address the issues and concerns that have been voiced. It
will
require some reasonable compromise to arrive a plan that at least a
significant majority of people can accept. It's probably totally
unrealistic to believe that it's possible to please 100% of the ham
population, but the goal should be to achieve a MUCH broader consensus.
If
a preponderance of hams from the various interest groups can say "It's
not
perfect in my ideal world, but I can sign up for that." we've probably
reached the best possible solution.

We're not there yet ...

73,
Carl - wk3c
http://home.ptd.net/~wk3c