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ARRL band-plan proposal
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Do these kind of changes actually make much difference to how many people are active in amateur radio?
I taught the UK RAE course for many years and saw it becoming easier (or changing to try and reflect the times, I have no axe to grind) but the only time I noticed a significant number jump was when it became a requirement to pay for a CB licence here so all the taxi drivers and CB fans decided to do the RAE instead (more bands, more power etc.). Since then downhill again. Then the RAE was replaced with the Good Buddies Company multiple guess tests...downhill further. Interestingly the Good Buddies Radio Company has paid staff so it's in their interests to try and get people having a go at the multiple stab .....it's part of the way they get their wages paid.
Most of the activity I hear above HF is via a digital hotspot ...and 99% of the people I hear on that are working from their desk at home. Very little mobile traffic, repeaters barely used.
It also seems that most advances in radios in recent times has been what the Chinese can fit into small boxes very cheaply. Still a market for the really high quality kit but it's small and prices remain out of reach for many people.
Amateur Radio as a hobby isn't going to die any time soon but it's more and more a 'niche' hobby?
I taught the UK RAE course for many years and saw it becoming easier (or changing to try and reflect the times, I have no axe to grind) but the only time I noticed a significant number jump was when it became a requirement to pay for a CB licence here so all the taxi drivers and CB fans decided to do the RAE instead (more bands, more power etc.). Since then downhill again. Then the RAE was replaced with the Good Buddies Company multiple guess tests...downhill further. Interestingly the Good Buddies Radio Company has paid staff so it's in their interests to try and get people having a go at the multiple stab .....it's part of the way they get their wages paid.
Most of the activity I hear above HF is via a digital hotspot ...and 99% of the people I hear on that are working from their desk at home. Very little mobile traffic, repeaters barely used.
It also seems that most advances in radios in recent times has been what the Chinese can fit into small boxes very cheaply. Still a market for the really high quality kit but it's small and prices remain out of reach for many people.
Amateur Radio as a hobby isn't going to die any time soon but it's more and more a 'niche' hobby?
For the folks still stuck on the removal of CW testing, how about testing on the theory and application of other modes such as DMR/FUSION/P25/DSTAR along how PSK and the JT/FT modes work? Maybe include Double and Companded Sideband as well?
I mean if we are talking about proficiency in various modes of operation.
I mean if we are talking about proficiency in various modes of operation.
More tinkering and tweaking... this has gone on at least since the 60s and the "incentive licensing".
Just have one class of license and be done with it.
Ham radio is a lot bigger than a few exclusive slices of spectrum set aside for 30wpm CW Extras.
Don't get me wrong... got nothing against Extras or CW, we just have to start thinking beyond HF.
If we don't start populating UHF and beyond we will lose it all to the cell phone companies and
automakers. The exclusive club mentality will be our eventual undoing. We should welcome anybody
who loves radio and can abide by the regulations and common courtesy... experimenters, makers, scanners, SWLs, FPV, preppers...
even CBers and pirates.
Just have one class of license and be done with it.
Ham radio is a lot bigger than a few exclusive slices of spectrum set aside for 30wpm CW Extras.
Don't get me wrong... got nothing against Extras or CW, we just have to start thinking beyond HF.
If we don't start populating UHF and beyond we will lose it all to the cell phone companies and
automakers. The exclusive club mentality will be our eventual undoing. We should welcome anybody
who loves radio and can abide by the regulations and common courtesy... experimenters, makers, scanners, SWLs, FPV, preppers...
even CBers and pirates.
The thread is not about having just one license class.
The thread is about the ARRL proposal, which, by the way, has not gone to the FCC yet, to revise the HF band plans.
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