[CW] Elimination of CW-Only Sub-bands

Radio K0HB kzerohb at gmail.com
Mon May 23 17:44:10 EDT 2016


If there were a Navy Signalman handy I'd tell him to two-block the BS
pennant on this one.

When was the last time you heard a Novice ANYWHERE in the spectrum, or a
Technician below 50MC?

73, de Hans, KØHB

On Sun, May 22, 2016 at 13:18 D.J.J. Ring, Jr. <n1ea at arrl.net> wrote:

> I agree with many of you that the petition itself is suspicious because of
> the exact wording an attorney would use, leading mange to suspect a Trojan
> horse to smuggle in a secret agenda such as armies of WINLink operators
> from boats worldwide.
>
> This started me thinking what does petition would do if it's adopted by
> the FCC would be to open the HF frequencies on the technician and novice
> sub bands 2 HF digital modes.
>
> Since the modes are sent mostly with SSB transmitters which can be easily
> over modulated and splatter and that on VHF technicians rarely use SSB the
> whole thing sounds like it would result in terrible splatter by technicians
> unfamiliar with HF radio practice operating on internationally propagating
> frequencies using digital modes, some of which will be from technician
> licensees operating in international waters worldwide.
>
> This is and what should be opposed.
>
> 73
>
> David J. Ring, Jr., N1EA
> Former Radio Officer, United States Merchant Marine
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