Nico, I agree 100%. What's needed more than anything is the ability to determine whether a frequency is in use, then we can hop around as much as we want as the MUF changes.
As for the FCC - let's just be happy that they only legislate for the US & possessions (colonies) :) Simon Brown, HB9DRV http://sdr-radio.com > -----Original Message----- > From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com > > By the way, we amateur radios already experiment daily frequency > hopping spread spectrum communications. > We continuously hop from the 160 m band to the 10 m band accordingly to > the HF propagation conditions and, sincerely, I do not understand why > FCC is so permissive with us (or better, with US amateurs). >