[Elecraft] Let's Go to 60 Meters (was KRC2 First!)

Thu May 15 11:50:01 2003

HEY!  You can get a lot more than 5 QSO's on a 2.8 Khz channel!  Especially if
everyone is "clean" and not generating spurs and 'extra sidebands'!

73,
Sandy W5TVW
----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel Reynolds" <[email protected]>
To: "Thom LaCosta" <[email protected]>; "Jim Campbell" <[email protected]>
Cc: "Elecraft" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2003 8:47 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Let's Go to 60 Meters (was KRC2 First!)

| --- Thom LaCosta <[email protected]> wrote:
|
| > I figured out why it's so restricted(channels, mode, sideband)....the
| > federales can easily monitor what we do without having to understand
| > a single thing about radio....a real plus.
|
| Those were my thoughts last evening. They want to know what we are doing
| 'amongst them'. How many non-technical government types (FEMA/NTIA) have enough
| knowledge to set up a station to receive PSK31 or CW? I doubt that they realize
| how CW/PSK31 are superior modes with low power operation?
|
| It's sad that they didn't at least assign one 2.8 kHz sliver for CW/PSK31. We
| could have probably fit 5 QSO's in one channel (500 Hz X 5 = 2.5 kHz). It is
| also not too hard to run CW just below each USB channel (near the 'carrier'
| frequency). That would allow us to double the use on these channels.
|
| Does anyone know if these are 'channels' that the Government was already
| utilizing (i.e. it's programmed into their radios)? Are we Primary or Secondary
| on these channels?
|
| What can we do to petition the FCC on this?
|
| - Daniel/AA0NI
|
| p.s. I guess I'm going to be ordering a KSB2 with K60XV soon ... "use'em or
| lose'em". If the early adopters can establish a level of decorum when it comes
| to frequency sharing, imagine the impact it might have on the non-hams that
| monitor us?
|
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