wrote

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"? Aren't you the evenhanded/non-biased wordsmith now?!?!?
Classic case of "don't confuse me with new ideas that I didn't think of". NIH
in spades.

Guys like you are why Amateur Radio is stuck in the 1940's.

KØHB wrote:
wrote

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*. Like the "regulation by bandwidth" thing. The ARRL Board
is frequently accused of "smoky back room" behavior - and tney're
elected!
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?

Aren't you the evenhanded/non-biased wordsmith now?!?!?
Classic case of "don't confuse me with new ideas that I didn't think of".NIH
in spades.

Guys like you are why Amateur Radio is stuck in the 1940's.

I simply disagree with the idea that "market forces" should set
bandplans.
We've seen what happens when some things are not adequately
regulated.

73 de Jim, N2EY

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KØHB wrote:
wrote

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

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