[CW] Elimination of CW-Only Sub-bands

Donald Chester k4kyv at charter.net
Wed May 25 11:33:39 EDT 2016


CW is not being targeted for elimination or reduction at all. A semantic change in how modes are 

described, would refer to anything that isn't a voice or image emission as "symbol communications".

 

http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/comment/view;NEWECFSSESSION=JYJ1XF2GnBp2FSGkP3mJLpc2t2KtdhzGQtxg0CzQKfgQ0f4FlpdX!-125993354!-778245000?id=60001739742

 

 

The viral “Eliminate CW” concern is a red herring.  

 

The real issues are (1) the proposal to establish, for the first time ever, specific enumerated bandwidth  limits on all amateur emissions, and (2)  to allow Novices and Technicians to use digital data modes on HF.

 

Specific bandwidth  limits would impose an unnecessary burden of compliance on the part of hams, and one of enforcement on the part of the FCC.

 

The intended purpose of the Novice/Technician HF privileges was a substitute for the defunct Novice class licence, to allow entry level hams the opportunity to pick up CW skills with on-air practice.  If they wish to run digital modes, let them upgrade to General and higher.

 

The 6m and 2m CW-only segments were put in place for the benefit of weak-signal reception, which would be totally spoilt with white-noise hash from digital transmissions.

 

 

Don k4kyv

 

 

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