[CW] Re: A modest proposal

[Stan Barr]

Hi,

"Alan W." <n5lf@qsl.net> said:

> Stan G0CLV  said:
> > There is a proposal, I'm not sure by whom, that the
> > bands should be divided by transmission bandwidth.
> 
> Stan,
> 
> Among others, that was proposed by Peter Martinez within the last year in a
> letter appearing in QST.  Peter is the main inventor of PSK31, and is on
> your side of the Pond.
> 

It was probably something by him that I read in one of our Uk magazines 
where I first saw it.

> In the US, we already have the digital-analog division in the bands.  So, it
> would be fairly easy (some "housekeeping" changes) for our FCC to designate
> these wide-band vs. narrow-band.  I don't know about G-land, but for
> Canadian hams it would be a new restriction, since right now they use all
> modes pretty much anywhere.

It would be a new thing here in the UK, at the moment we have no official
division of the bands, mererly a gentlemans agreement - which is ok so long
as every one is a gentleman!


-- 
Cheers and 73,
Stan Barr  G0CLV  G-QRP 3369   g0clv@dial.pipex.com

"Never leave well enough alone." -  Raymond Loewy