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Tim W7TRH ----- Original Message ----- From: "wd8chl" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, March 2, 2010 12:15:12 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Narrow Banding versus Marine Channels (OT) On 3/2/2010 2:02 PM, afa5tp wrote: > Hello > > Thought you folks would be the ones to ask. > Am I going to be forced to purchase new marine VHF radios, or is the "Marine > Band" going to stay @ 5 kHz dev.? > > Tim Hardy > W7TRH / AFA0TP > Vashon Is. Wa. >No. Narrowbanding only affects Part 90, and Marine is Part 80. It should also be noted that VHF Part 80 cannot be narrowbanded without an International agreement. That means it's not likely to happen for quite a while yet. On 3/2/2010 2:02 PM, afa5tp wrote: > Hello > > Thought you folks would be the ones to ask. > Am I going to be forced to purchase new marine VHF radios, or is the "Marine > Band" going to stay @ 5 kHz dev.? > > Tim Hardy > W7TRH / AFA0TP > Vashon Is. Wa. >No. Narrowbanding only affects Part 90, and Marine is Part 80. It should also be noted that VHF Part 80 cannot be narrowbanded without an International agreement. That means it's not likely to happen for quite a while yet.
