[Elecraft] Band button

[N2EY at aol.com]

In a message dated 7/5/08 6:25:50 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ron at cobi.biz 
writes:


> Nowhere is it written that the bands assigned to the Amateur service must 
> be
> referred to by wavelength. 

Agreed. 


Indeed, here in the USA, our FCC refers to the
> 
> slices of spectrum we're assigned as "Frequency Bands", not "Wavelength
> Bands".
> 

Actually, both terms are used by FCC. I just checked Part 97, and the terms 
are used almost interchangeably.

For example, the title of 97.301 is "Authorized Frequency Bands". But when 
you look at the charts which tell who can operate where in what region, the 
leftmost column is labeled "Wavelength Bands".

Even odder, FCC refers to 3.5-3.6 MHz as "80 meters" and 3.6-4.0 MHz as "75 
meters" as if they were not right next to each other.

I am not making this up. When I first heard about it, I thought my leg was 
being pulled, so I went and checked. 

73 es "yes it's trivia, but it's my trivia" de Jim, N2EY


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