“Indeed, there are many recent instances of the operation of modified CB equipment (or equipment imported or manufactured domestically with the inherent capability of operating outside the HF CB channels) by unlicensed individuals in the Amateur Radio Service bands,” the ARRL agreed, saying that this interference most often occurs in the 28.000-28.500 MHz segment of the amateur 10 meter band.
Funny stuff. Recent? I guess it is if you consider decades as recent.
While the ARRL certainly supports the Commission’s proposal to clarify the Part 95 rules relative to the prohibition on modification of certificated CB equipment, “much of the problem of misuse of CB equipment is due to the lack of enforcement of equipment authorization and marketing rules, rather than the language of the rules themselves,” the ARRL maintains.
Exactly. New rules will change nothing.
The ARRL put forward the idea that the best path to Section 95.413(a)(9) compliance is a non-regulatory solution: “The Amateur Radio Service provides a convenient, positive and appropriate option for those CB users who are interested in long distance radio communications. There is no longer a Morse telegraphy examination requirement in the Amateur Radio Service for licensing. The Amateur Radio Service is and always has been the proper radio service for those interested in HF communications using long distance skywave propagation and other techniques. It is suggested, therefore, that the Commission should encourage those who might be tempted to conduct long-distance CB communications to instead obtain an amateur license. Such migration would leave the HF CB band available for its intended short-distance communications purposes, and those who might otherwise be tempted to utilize the CB band for long-distance propagation would be directed to a more constructive and educational alternative.”
As if CBers are listening to anything the FCC is saying or will ever say. The ARRL shouldn't even waste there time with this stuff.
