Based on further comments by ARRL, it really does appear that the FCC incorrectly stated in the R&O that no hams would lose any priveleges because Generals and Advanced have significant losses in the CW portion of 80 meters. I still can't figure out why they did this to such an extreme extent and yet did not allow wide data modes in the phone area other than the usual image modes.
Now I see on the arrl.org site this comment: "In addition, the FCC accommodated the inclusion of images in data transmissions by defining a range of image emission types as "data" and limiting them to 500 Hz bandwidth in the RTTY/data subbands. Unfortunately, it did so in a way that also limits J2D emissions -- data sent by modulating an SSB transmitter -- to 500 Hz bandwidth." Am I reading this correctly to say that they are no longer going to permit ANY wide band digital modes in the CW/data sub band? I got the impression in the R&O that the FCC meant that any new modes using image came under the 500 Hz requireement. But this seems to say that basically no modes can exceed 500 Hz in the RTTY/Data/CW sub bands. If that happened, it would mean no more Pactor 3 operation. The automatic operation for digital stations does appear to be definitely removed since it was above 3600. But it also means no MT-63 or wider Olivia modes, etc. below 3600 if there was such a requirement. And if they did this for ALL RTTY/data subbands, does this mean no operation wider than 500 Hz on all the other bands too? Can anyone explain for sure what the FCC has decided? 73, Rick, KV9U Need a Digital mode QSO? Connect to Telnet://cluster.dynalias.org Other areas of interest: The MixW Reflector : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/themixwgroup/ DigiPol: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Digipol (band plan policy discussion) Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalradio/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalradio/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
