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Re:Bill Introduced to Replace HF Symbol Rate Limit with Band... by jlarocco on Saturday December 24, 2022 @01:19PM (#34119502)
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/

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Re:Bill Introduced to Replace HF Symbol Rate Limit with Band... by rsaxvc on Saturday December 24, 2022 @03:31PM (#34120803)
> 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.

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Re:Bill Introduced to Replace HF Symbol Rate Limit with Band... by barganzo on Saturday December 24, 2022 @10:31PM (#34123921)
9cm is absolutely not gone. You must be misinformed. FCC gave up on killing it after massive opposition.

http://www.arrl.org/band-plan

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Re:Bill Introduced to Replace HF Symbol Rate Limit with Band... by nullc on Sunday December 25, 2022 @12:44PM (#34129267)
Hm? 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

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Re:Bill Introduced to Replace HF Symbol Rate Limit with Band... by barganzo on Sunday December 25, 2022 @08:38PM (#34133608)
50 MHz on a 200-500 MHz band is hardly “gone”.
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Re:Bill Introduced to Replace HF Symbol Rate Limit with Band... by barganzo on Friday December 30, 2022 @10:44AM (#34186044)
That’s worse than I recalled. Disappointing.
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