I’m not suggesting anything illegal. I think we’re having a misunderstanding based on the different ways this works in the US vs Australia? I’ve edited my question to clarify I’m in the US, where “public service” (being communications support for primarily bike and foot races, where I live) does indeed happen on the amateur VHF/UHF bands.

This is who I volunteer with, for context: https://hpsnc.org/

So what are people writing about? Please share your comments and thoughts.

The ARRL post leaves a lot to be desired; I tried to capture the most basic information about this here:

https://medium.com/@k3loe/the-arrl-wont-save-the-waves-write-your-own-public-comment-for-in-re-delete-delete-delete-a56c1373cbc5

Don’t do that, Cat 6 is strictly for microphone cables!