Im not sure if there is a group discussing digital to voice/cw spacing on 60m. Granted you can't do that at all, considering the current plan, but maybe having 2 channels for digital would be better....
Mike KC7NOA > Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 09:58:57 -0400 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Topband: TB digital > > > On 9/17/2012 8:53 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > > > I problem is the IARU region 1, 2 and 3 band plans do not line up. > > No, the problem is that Americans still believe in the fiction of > "priority for international QSOs". This means that New England will > be working their local Europeans while Caribbean to Alaska, W7, VE6/7 > or even W5/8/9/0 to EU and Africa will be precluded by the W1/W2/VE1 > stations working the same few EU stations night after night and contest > after contest. > > Activity on any mode will concentrate where the DX is. Look at RTTY > on 40 meters - there is very little US/Region 2 activity left in the > traditional 7080 KHz range - it has all moved into the "international > area" around 7035-7040. The solution on both 160 and 40 meters is to > move SSB *UP* and create a reasonable, 10-15 KHz (certainly more > than 2 or 3 KHz) wide digital enclave between the CW and SSB centers > of activity. > > US band plans have been historically W1/W2 centered - witness the > original 160 DX window at 1825-1830 then 1830-1835 and ARRL's flat > out opposition to separate allocations for CW/SSB on 160 in the early > 1980's and push for unregulated automated digital systems in the late > 1980's (I too, have correspondence with the Commission on *both* > matters). Unless the attitude to spectrum planning becomes what > works best for all users and organizations like ARRL put their clout > behind making bandplans work of all user instead pf just the favored > few we will be having this debate for another 30 years. > > 73, > > ... Joe, W4TV > > > On 9/17/2012 8:53 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > Tom, > > > > I problem is the IARU region 1, 2 and 3 band plans do not line up. The > > region 1 160 band starts at 1.810Mhz so the IARU Region2 pansis useless for > > DX digital communications. All regions should align modes. > > > > If ALL l regions decide on 1830 to1840 for digital modes we should follow > > the recommendation. > > > > Digital modes are the future. It will give those hams who have limited real > > estate and monetary resources to enjoy the topband. > > > > Mike N2MS > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Tom W8JI <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 11:33:03 -0000 (UTC) > > Subject: Re: Topband: TB digital > > > > I'm not surprised some of us don't know the band or history of use, or have > > not read IARU bandplans. What I wish we could do, is be a little nicer to > > each other as we learn things from each other. > > > > <snip> > > _______________________________________________ > > UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK > > > _______________________________________________ > UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
