Yes Don.. I failed to make that IARU distinction. however, the Commission has sighted the IARU conference of 2002 as a goal and as such I believe rulings will be toward that end. Just one man's thought !!
See IARU HFC-C4, 13 November 2002 --- Donald Chester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >From: "Brian Carling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >On 16 Jan 2006 at 11:22, bud chiller wrote: > > > > > IARU does not > > > allow phone emissions below 7050Khz in region 2! > > > >I am just trying to understand all of this... > >Why do we have Canadian and Mexican SSB signals all > >over 7030 - 7060 kHz NOW if they are not allowed to > do it? > > > >We're drifting downward in frequency here from AM > concerns > >I know, but it IS related for those of us who work > both AM AND > >CW. > > > The IARU band plan say no phone below 7050. > Obviously the Canadian and > Mexican hams, plus who knows what other countries > south of the border, are > not following the plan. The IARU does not have any > enforcement power. The > band plan is merely a suggestion, not a legal > restriction. Canada and (I > assume) Mexico have no emission subband limitations; > they can legally > transmit phone all the way down to 7000. The US is > the only country in the > region (and is suspect the world) that PROHIBITS > phone below 7150. > > Another aspect of the problem is the US licence > class subband structure. > 7000-7025 is limited to extra class only, so > non-extra US hams can work cw > only from 7025 up, and the cw activity rarely goes > above 7040 or 7050, so > for all practical purposes US Advanced and General > class ops are limited to > a very narrow segment just above 7025 for cw > operation. > > Since the US Extra class cw requirement has been > reduced to the 5 wpm Novice > level, and there is no longer any distinction in the > code requirement for > Extra, Advanced, General or Novice, what is the > point of continuing to set > aside an exclusive 25 kc/s segment for Extra class > cw? > > In Region 1 (Europe) the entire 40m band is only > 7000-7100, except for some > recently opened limited use of 7100-7200. Hopefully > the broacast issue we > be resolved and 7100-7200 will eventually become > exclusive amateur > worldwide. > > -k4kyv > > _______________________________________________________________ > > This message was typed using the DVORAK keyboard > layout. Try it - you'll > like it. > http://www.mwbrooks.com/dvorak/ > http://gigliwood.com/abcd/ > > > ______________________________________________________________ > AMRadio mailing list > Home: > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html > Post: mailto:[email protected] > AMfone Website: http://www.amfone.net > AM List Admin: Brian Sherrod/w5ami, Paul > Courson/wa3vjb > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
