Hi Andy, Frequencies are are required on all the Amateur Radio band assets to deal with the changes in propagation 24/7. As a matter of fact, the Amateur Radio Service does not have enough allocations to actually deal with 24/7 propagation changes, a key reason for the WARC bands in '79 and the recent 60 meter allocation. We have another hole in my opinion between 40m and 30m, but one which will be very hard to find any space world wide.. An another hole between 30m and 20m, which we again, will be hard to find any space world wide. We very lucky to get a foot hold in the 5Mhz band, which we can hopefully grow.
/s/ Steve, N2CKH At 01:49 PM 9/22/2007, you wrote: >I'm an odd ham in that I smile with amusement when amateur radio >groups rush to "defend" frequencies and worry about some non-hams >getting "our" frequencies. I happen to think we have more than we >need and can easily give some away. With that in mind , here are some >freqs for PACTOR and ALE stations to inhabit. They can then do their >unintended "thing" til their heart's content. > > >1808 to 1815 >3577 to 3584 >The entire 60M band (a good band, and we don't need it for anything else) >14.105 to 14.110 >24.890 to 24 .925 > >That's it, nothing else. > >The above frequency allocations would be sufficient for PACTOR BBS, >automatic ALE soundings , ALE SMS messaging, and PSK MAil servers . > ALE, PACTOR and others could use other allocated digital sub-bands >but not unattended. No busy detection required (optional) in the" >automatic zones" , mailbox operators would work out their voluntary >QRV schedules via their "Frequency Coordination Council" . The above >frequency ranges would give PLENTY of room for message traffic and >emergency communication drills. > >Yes, no 40, 30, 17,15,10, freqs...simply not enough demand and no >real propagational needs. > >OK, now off to have lunch with the FCC chairman, see if can implement >in the USA by next Friday. Rest of the world, they'll just have to >adjust :>) > >Andy k3UK
