[CW] Elimination of CW-Only Sub-bands

[Danny Douglas]

All we each and every one can do is to respond against this idiocy. Yeah, we have an old, but goodie mode. It has proven out, time and time again, when others fail. We have got to use tht knowledge and let the FCC know. Show them that we have more cw ops now, than before they screwed it up the first time but getting rid of cw on testing. Hit em, and hit em hard. 



----- Original Message -----

From: PSmith at vinu.edu 
To: "CW Reflector" <cw at mailman.qth.net> 
Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2016 6:26:38 PM 
Subject: Re: [CW] Elimination of CW-Only Sub-bands 

Amateur CB! 


Sent from my mobile device. 

Phillip Smith, CRMC 
Broadcast Faculty, Retired 
Vincennes University 

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Amateur Radio AA9ZZ 
7.056.5 MHz 

"You see, wire telegraph is kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail 
in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat." 

Albert Einstein 


On May 12, 2016, at 6:19 PM, Joe K2UF < joe at k2uf.com > wrote: 




Another nail in the amateur radio coffin. 
73 Joe K2UF 


From: CW [ mailto:cw-bounces at mailman.qth.net ] On Behalf Of Marshall Emm 
Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2016 6:08 PM 
To: cw at mailman.qth.net 
Subject: [CW] Elimination of CW-Only Sub-bands 

This was in the ARRL Letter (and at ARRL.org ): 

Missouri Radio Amateur Petitions FCC to Designate “Symbol Communication” Subbands 

TAGS: amateur radio, amateur radio spectrum, fcc, morse code, petition, Rule Making, rules, voice mode 
05/11/2016 

James E. Whedbee, N0ECN, of Gladstone, Missouri, has petitioned the FCC to designate Morse (radiotelegraphy) Amateur Radio band segments as “symbol communication” subbands. The FCC has invited comments on his Petition for Rule Making (RM-11769), filed on May 2. Arguing that retaining the current regime of “legacy” CW subbands has proven to be grossly inefficient, Whedbee said he’d like to see the FCC delete all privilege restrictions that limit any part of the Amateur Radio spectrum to Morse code to the exclusion of other modes. 

“Nostalgia for retention of Morse code telegraphy-only subbands is also an insufficient reason to avoid moving forward to [the] elimination of such subbands, because nothing about this Petition suggests the elimination of the mode itself, only that it not be the sole authorized mode in the subject subbands,” Whedbee told the FCC. 

Whedbee characterized CW-only subbands as “an excessive regulatory constraint, as well as a poor use of the spectrum concerned.” He proposed that the FCC’s Part 97 rules reflect the “ultimate form of communication reproduced at the receiving end.” As he explained it, his regulatory scheme would break down modes into three categories — “symbol communication mode” — for CW, digital, and other emission modes that reproduce a discrete symbol on the receiving end — “voice mode,” and “image mode.” 

“[C]ontinuing regulation by specific emission designator is proving to be onerous with changes to the state of the art,” Whedbee said. “Accordingly, to continue developing the state of the art in radiocommunications, Amateur Radio needs to clearly get away from regulating in that fashion and return to consideration of what the receiving end of the communication reproduces.” 

He proposed that where the Part 97 rules refer to exclusive radiotelegraphy allocations — or subbands — privileges be changed to reflect symbol communication modes. Where the rules prohibit voice and image modes, he would revise the rules to reflect symbol communication modes. In situations where current rules prohibit symbol communication modes other than Morse, that voice and image modes would be permitted, “with an exception for manually keyed” radiotelegraphy. 

For example, he would drop the distinction between 75 meters and 80 meters, authorizing symbol communication modes between 3.5 MHz and 3.65 MHz, and voice and image modes between 3.65 MHz and 4 MHz, with manual radiotelegraphy authorized throughout the band. 

Whedbee told the FCC that, if his Petition is accepted for filing and put on public notice, he would submit an appendix spelling out proposed service rules as part of his Petition. 

Commenters have 30 days to respond to Whedbee’s Petition. 



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