Sorry Bob but I diasagree. I'm not an Extra but is it so bad to have a little space set aside as incentive for people to study more and improve their ticket? If you don't want to, you still have 99.999% of the ham bands available to you. Do we really ALL have to be in one big feel-good all-the-same soup?
73, Mark W1EOF > -----Original Message----- > From: Bob Macklin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 6:37 PM > To: Discussion of AM Radio > Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Web page appears in opposition to RM-11305 > > > The 25KC at the lower edge of the bands is the only incentive to get an > EXTRA class ticket. And in the US they can only communicate with other > EXTRAs in that segment! > > BIG WASTE! > > Bob Macklin > K5MYJ > Seattle, Wa. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Donald Chester" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 2:53 PM > Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Web page appears in opposition to RM-11305 > > > > >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 > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.18/230 - Release Date: 1/14/06 > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.18/230 - Release Date: 1/14/06
