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It's nonsense to claim the ARRL "haven't accomplished anything in decades". In the recent past, HAM radio has kept the spectrum allocated to it, and even gaine
by jlarocco 4y ago
It's nonsense to claim the ARRL "haven't accomplished anything in decades". In the recent past, HAM radio has kept the spectrum allocated to it, and even gained small amounts, in the face of massive commercial competition. Keeping the HAM spectrum open is one of the biggest priorities for ARRL.
Also, it's very shortsighted to complain about "Total lobbying expenditures" of $450k over 5 years. For context, the commercial companies competeing for spectrum have spent billions. https://www.comparitech.com/internet-providers/isp-lobbying/ https://www.comparitech.com/internet-providers/isp-lobbying/
- rsaxvc 4y ago> In the recent past, ham radio has kept the spectrum allocated to it... The 13cm band has lost more than half its bandwidth, cutting the band in two. 9cm is gone. I'm sure it would be worse without ARRL though.
- barganzo 4y ago9cm is absolutely not gone. You must be misinformed. FCC gave up on killing it after massive opposition. http://www.arrl.org/band-plan http://www.arrl.org/band-plan
- nullc 4y agoHm? I thought the FCC's position now was that it could continue to be used on a secondary basis until the FCC auctioned it off. The to 50MHz have been auctioned off and are now out of amateur use. https://www.arrl.org/3-ghz-band https://www.arrl.org/3-ghz-band
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- barganzo 4y agoThat’s worse than I recalled. Disappointing.