----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 9:27
AM
Subject: RE: [DX-CHAT] After
effects
Gerry,
With the
large amount of space between 3600 and 4000 - even though there
will be US
signals there - for the Canadians to move below 3600 would
be very
bad form. The density of US phone activity should be much
less than
the present and considering the essentially local character
of the
band, proximity should allow Canadians to operate successfully
within the
3600 - 4000 area.
Anyone who
moves down on top of digital activity is simply looking
to cause
intentional interference to digital users.
Ron,
All this discussion
centres around US use of the bands. As you push down your phone band, hams
in countries like Canada will move some of their phone operations down as
well. Your example on 80 with phone down to 3600 and digital below that may
well be more like US phone to 3600 and Canadian phone down to 3575 with
digital and CW squeezed into the last 75 khz. This will no doubt lead to
competition for space as now happens on 40 around 7050-7060 between Canadian
and DX SSB and US CW.
Canada does not have
sub-bands and should we choose, we can operate any mode anywhere. We use the
bands based more on a "gentleman's agreement" (no, it's doesn't always work
well) and would hope these new US assignment will work themselves out
for all users of the bands.
Gerry
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----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 7:52
AM
Subject: Re: [DX-CHAT] After
effects
Good question.
Relatively Simple answers:
(a) this 'omnibus' ruling combined a lot of petitions and NPRM's,
and there are are many parts that some aren't aware of
(b) the FCC did
some things unexpected, such as expanding the 80/75 phone band all the way
down to 3600 kHz, where most expected it to only go down to 3650 kHz
(which, as a practical matter, would have left a 50 kHz area for digital
modes and 100 kHz for CW only)
(c) the FCC left some things unclear, at
least to those of us who are neither lawyers nor bureaucrats... like
exactly where do Novices and Tech+'s operate CW on 80, 40, & 15
now? (I'm sure it's buried in there somewhere, but I haven't had a
chance to dig out the specific language yet)
and let's not
forget:
(d) some people ignored most or all of this or didn't
expect (or hoped) some or all of this wouldn't happen, and now they have
to figure out what to do next.
73
From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 2006/10/13 Fri
AM 07:46:40 CDT
To: dx-chat@njdxa.org
Subject:
[DX-CHAT] After effects
Just wondering- with a couple years
to comment to the FCC -before- it was adopted, why all the discussion now.
I guess the boat was missed if there were any real
concerns.
73,
Duane, WV2B
"The reward of a thing well done is
to have done it."-
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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