In re: Delete, Delete, Delete FCC looks to eliminate rules and regulations

[MUTNAV]

Interesting, and thanks for providing those examples. My only critique is that CB and GMRS are not quite on the same level as TV broadcasting in terms of the stakes / amount of $$$ in question. Washington pols and bureaucrats likely couldn't care less about CB, amateur radio, GMRS, etc. Just listen to CB channel 6 or 7200khz and it's clear how much of a priority these services are to the FCC.

It seems that people in general (including myself) have become jaded about making a difference in government/large bureaucracies, and for good reasons. IMHO

So they achieved their objective of silencing (in a meaningful way) you by making you jaded.

Personally, I would hope you would go out of my way to annoy "them", by still making really good suggestions and comments to the FCC.


Thanks
Joel

 

[kc2asb]

So they achieved their objective of silencing (in a meaningful way) you by making you jaded.

Personally, I would hope you would go out of my way to annoy "them", by still making really good suggestions and comments to the FCC.


Thanks
Joel

More food for thought! It's refreshing to be able to have an excellent give and take discussion that remains civil. Gotta love RR!

 

[potala1369]

The FCC needs to regulate encryption. Especially PUBLIC safety. Everyone should in every state should be able to listen to their local agencies.

All LE agencies should have 2 frequencies; a dispatch frequency in the clear, possibly on a delay, and a secondary 'situation' channel that is encrypted. JMTCW.

 

[Echo4Thirty]

All LE agencies should have 2 frequencies; a dispatch frequency in the clear, possibly on a delay, and a secondary 'situation' channel that is encrypted. JMTCW.

Only two?

 

[kc2asb]

All LE agencies should have 2 frequencies; a dispatch frequency in the clear, possibly on a delay, and a secondary 'situation' channel that is encrypted. JMTCW.

Agreed. My local dept used this very configuration when they made the switch from analog to P25. (though there were other "E" channels for detectives, stakeouts, etc) Roughly 10 years later, everything went "E" except for PW and the school buses.

 

[MUTNAV]

More food for thought! It's refreshing to be able to have an excellent give and take discussion that remains civil. Gotta love RR!

Whats also nice is that here on RR, a person can run ideas through a gamut of technical and application people, (probably more people with more varied backgrounds, than the FCC has), to vet ideas.

Thanks
Joel

 

[kc2asb]

Whats also nice is that here on RR, a person can run ideas through a gamut of technical and application people, (probably more people with more varied backgrounds, than the FCC has), to vet ideas.

Thanks
Joel

So true. Many of those very RR people are eminently more qualified to head the FCC than the political appointees.

 

[Coffeemug]

What's happening here? Alleviating, what unnecessary regulatory burdens?

 

[celestis]

The FCC does pay attention to public input.

even minor $$$ does wonders

I actually directly influenced one of their dumb auction rules being changed around 2020

I was bidding on licenses to cover the Gulf of Mexico and they started at $200

When multiple people were fighting over a license the computer would tally demand and tick the price upward 10%.. and round it to the next $1000

This meant $200 became $1000 -> $2000 -> $3000 -> $4000 as I fought who was bidding against me

After I complained about it, by the next auction the policy was revised to +10% rounded to the next $10 for licenses under $1000, +10% rounded to the next $100 for licenses under $10,000 and finally +10% rounded to the next $1000 after $10,000

 

[DaveNF2G]

What's happening here? Alleviating, what unnecessary regulatory burdens?

The real target is techical requirements that limit innovation. The discussion about licensing and other rules is just noise.

 

[MUTNAV]

The real target is techical requirements that limit innovation. The discussion about licensing and other rules is just noise.

Like the rule discussions about signal rate vs bandwidth.
Thanks
Joel

 

[DaveNF2G]

Like the rule discussions about signal rate vs bandwidth.
Thanks
Joel

Exactly.

 

[G7RUX]

Deregulation is not necessarily the universally good thing that many might believe it to be. There is a baseline of regulatory activity that is needed to prevent invested parties from abusing their positions and stifling development, just because they want to capitalise on the opportunities it provides.

Granted there are aspects of eg: the FCC’s regulation of amateur radio in the USA which seem unnecessary but there’s a lot of it that is pretty important. I’m fairly confident that complete deregulation would be an absolute mess in a reasonably short time and would be difficult to undo.

Proceed with caution.

 

[kc2asb]

Deregulation is not necessarily the universally good thing that many might believe it to be. There is a baseline of regulatory activity that is needed to prevent invested parties from abusing their positions and stifling development, (snip)

Proceed with caution.

Sage advice. Deregulation tends to be a cyclical phenomenon, until the end result is crash and burn.

 

[MTS2000des]

Deregulation is not necessarily the universally good thing that many might believe it to be. There is a baseline of regulatory activity that is needed to prevent invested parties from abusing their positions and stifling development, just because they want to capitalise on the opportunities it provides.

Granted there are aspects of eg: the FCC’s regulation of amateur radio in the USA which seem unnecessary but there’s a lot of it that is pretty important. I’m fairly confident that complete deregulation would be an absolute mess in a reasonably short time and would be difficult to undo.

Proceed with caution.

We (Americans) refuse to learn from our history. Delete delete delete/cancel everything. I'm glad the rest of the civilized world knows better. and chooses to learn from history so it isn't repeated. Time for a song now. Look up the lyrics, they are prolific and 100 percent true.

 

[mwjones]

Geerling Engineering dropped a video on the FCC request for comments yesterday, and Joe Geerling, a radio engineer (who is also, along with his son Jeff are both hams) had some valid points and concerns about what might come out of it (along with some ideas of their own):

 

[w4amp]

This is my filed comment in the preceding:

Would like to see a requirement that all FCC employees be required to obtain and hold a Extra Class Amateur radio license. This will not cost any money, just requires the FCC work force to study and take the exams.

James O'Brien
W4AMP
Dallas, Georgia

 

[DaveNF2G]

Absolutely irrelevant for almost any FCC employee.

 

[DeoVindice]

Absolutely irrelevant for almost any FCC employee.

Obviously, but it sure was good for a laugh.

 

[1268]

I'll get roasted for this, but I would like the FCC to allow easier access to amateur radio licensing testing. There is no reason there can't be an online central testing system for that.