If it was then why go there knowing what may happen. It's like going
for a Sunday evening walk on the I-95 interstate.
The problem is this *is not confined to the "automatic" subband*.
The rules allow automatically controlled stations to *answer calls*
*anywhere* except 60 meters provided:
(1) The station is responding to interrogation by a station under
> local or remote control; and
(2) No transmission from the automatically controlled station
occupies a bandwidth of more than 500 Hz.
- section 97.212(c)
The issues with this are: 1) the "calling station" can not hear
signals in his skip zone or stations the "other side" of the robot
he is calling; 2) once the automatically controlled station has
established a link with a station under local or remote control
there appears to be *nothing* to prevent the two stations from
"up-shifting" to a faster rate/wider bandwidth signal.
Excuse me, but was this NOT the very reason that the "auto" sub band
was created?
Automatically controlled stations are like *any other* amateur station
they do not have an exclusive right to any frequency - whether they are
in the automatic control subband or not. *All* amateur stations are
required to stand-by if the frequency is in use (e.g. first come, first
served).
> You don't go looking for a SSB QSO in the CW portion do you?
One is not legally allowed to transmit SSB (or any wide bandwidth mode
- including wide bandwidth image) in those frequencies reserved for
narrow bandwidth modes (identified as "RTTY, data" in 97.305(c)). For
your information, there is no "CW portion" - CW is permitted on *all*
amateur frequencies. See 97.305(a) "Except a specified elsewhere in
this part, an amateur station may transmit a CW emission on any
frequency authorized to the control operator."
73,
... Joe, W4TV
On 3/16/2014 11:02 AM, John Becker wrote:
On 3/16/2014 9:39 AM, Terry wrote:
< Averaging it out, on 40 meters, there is a Winlink robot operating
every 476 Hz just waiting to QRM you. Not good. 73 Terry, AB5K
Excuse me, but was this NOT the very reason that the "auto" sub band was
created?
If it was then why go there knowing what may happen. It's like going for
a Sunday evening
walk on the I-95 interstate. You don't go looking for a SSB QSO in the
CW portion do you?
But maybe some may.
JAB
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