[AMRadio] Subbands and FCC

[Donald Chester]

>From: "Jeff Edmonson" <w5omr at w5omr.shacknet.nu>

why did Riley, et crew give
>OO notices to three hams for "operating phone in the CW sub-band of 160m"?
>
>Dennis Clouter(sp?) was one of them, and the three are listed in the 
>archives
>of the "FCC Enforcement" logs.
>

There are no government-mandated subbands on 160.  There is a "band plan" 
published by ARRL.  The story I heard was that the stations in Houston were 
firing up on top of existing cw QSO's in the "dx window" and either ignoring 
calls that the frequency was in use, or actually saying over the air that 
they didn't care if they QRM'ed the cw stations.  Riley sent them a letter 
saying they could be cited for deliberate interference, and not following 
good amateur practice, since it appeared that they knew the cw stations were 
there.

This incident instigated a petition to the FCC to create a cw subband on 
160.  So far, the FCC has not acted on it, and at the FCC forum at Dayton, 
they left the impression that they would not be inclined to adopt the 
proposal.

Don K4KYV

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