[CW] 500 KHz Sparks voice

[Robert Maskill]

uranito wrote:
> RSGB and WIA wnts to use the 500 KHz. frequency (still
> in use in China and some other countries)for amateur
> radio experimentation.
> 73
> Alberto LU1DZ
> -o-0-o-
> 
> European Sparks voice about 500 KHz amateur radio use.
> 
> The International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) Region 1
> and various US
> amateur long-wave groups are actively pursuing
> experimental use of 500
> kHz. The IARU also favors a worldwide Amateur Radio
> band at 135.7 to
> 137.8 kHz and is seeking support for such an
> allocation at World
> Radiocommunication Conference 2007.
> 
> Our opinion is:
> 
> 500 kHz has been the most important frequency in the
> whole radio
> communication and still in use,in which distress,
> urgent and safety messages
> were exchanged.
> 
> These messages have contributed to many successful
> salvages.
> 
> Worldwide, day and night, this frequency was observed
> by radio operators
> on ships and coast-stations to save human life at sea.
> 
> Above that, this frequency should be a silent Memorial
> to all who
> safeguarded operations at sea and who lost their lives
> in situations of
> distress.
> 
> Also, this frequency saves as a Memorial to those who
> were rescued.
> 
> Thus, we are not prepared to accept the use of
> frequency 500 kHz by any
> other party for other purposes.
> 
> We, as former radio officers, deny the additional
> admittance to a
> frequency that is important to all of us.
> 
> Sylvester Föcking, ex radio officer on board German
> ships
> Rolf Marschner, ex radio officer on board German ships
> Hans Polak, ex radio officer on board Dutch ships and
> Scheveningenradio
> 
> The initiators of the book “Sparks what's going on?”
> http://gacw.no-ip.org/sparks.html
> 
> 
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