Since Bill referred to me in his recent posting...I just want to make
sure that what I said to him and the NE Division Director, K1KI, are not
misunderstood or misconstrued. What follows below is verbatim of my msg
to K1KI.
My comment to Bill was that selecting an oddball 5kHz point (1845) was
just not consistent with any other band and could lead to confusion.
Personally, I am for 1850KHz and can live with whatever the majority
wants for Digital modes.
73...Carl KM1H
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From: km1h
To: frenaye@pcnet.com, btippett@CTC.net, K1ZM@AOL.com, k5zd@ultranet.com
Subject: bandplan
To: <topband@contesting.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 11:49:42 PST
Message-ID: <19970401.115121.9991.6.km1h@juno.com>
Tom, thanks for your reply. I was also very dissapointed to find that you
only received 3 replies. Since you, some other possibly pro Directors
and W4ZV are also able to access the Packet Cluster, I would suggest that
some additional informational postings be made.
I can support the 1800-1810 segment for digital but absolutely will not
support ANY USA SSB below 1840 (1843). My only reason for listing
1840-1850 for CW & digital was to act as a buffer from irate SSBers. I
would suspect that digital usage will be minimal anyway and DX CW QSO's
would still be possible. It would ALSO offer a place for DX SSB to work
split to the USA without going below 1840.
The Canadian issue is something we already have to live with and can deal
with that as required. The JA window will most likely be gone anway by
the time any rule is passed at the FCC and there is very little domestic
use of that area at grayline from either coast.
A full 50KHz CW segment would make better use of the band:
1800-1810 CW, Digital
1810-1850 CW only
OR
1800-1840 CW only
1840-1850 CW , Digital.
Digital modes should be 100 % attended operation only, no packet links,
etc. in that 10 KHz.
I also repeat my earlier statement that the ARRL should consider asking
for additional frequencies to accomodate expanding SSB activity. Below
1800 or above 2000.
73...Carl KM1H
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