[CW] Exclusive CW Bands?

[David J. Ring, Jr.]

Jim,

I am afraid you missed what ARRL changed in the present rules too!

CW does NOT have a sub band.  CW is legal on all amateur frequencies =
(oh, well, not the new 5 MHz band - well that's new too!).  You can use =
CW in the SSB bands and the Digital bands.  You can't do digital in the =
SSB bands, nor SSB in the digital bands - but you can use CW in both.

Digital and Voice both have sub bands.

Catch the subtle change in the proposed rules?

CW now is relegated to a sub band!

73

DR
  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: N2EY@aol.com=20
  To: n1ea@arrl.net=20
  Cc: cw@mailman.qth.net=20
  Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 7:55 PM
  Subject: Re: [CW] Exclusive CW Bands?


  In a message dated 1/20/04 7:32:01 AM Eastern Standard Time, =
n1ea@arrl.net writes:



    Did anyone else notice the wording "exclusive CW bands"?


  Where?

  The proposal I read says:

  "Proposed CW/Data-Exclusive HF Subbands"

  which means that CW shares with data, just like today.




    Does this mean that CW will finally have a sub-band?



  No. But that's a great idea! Say, the bottom 15-20% of each HF band as =
CW-ONLY. Not CW-digital - CW ONLY

  (You can make fun of it, Hans, but I don't see any counterarguments =
from you)



    This is more in keeping with "no code" because the "new" operators =
won't be
    able to copy CW, so keep it in the "digital" bands.



  Exactly.



    Interesting!




  73 de Jim, N2EY=20


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