[Fists] 160 Petition

[Tom Rauch]

Topband Friends!

        We are entering the home stretch for our 
rulemaking petiton
to restrict wideband modes on 160 to 1843 kHz 
and above.  Today is
the final deadline for making comments and we 
hope that all of you will
make your voice heard.  There are two primary 
groups in opposition,
an SSB group and an AM group along with a few No 
Code International
members.  We wonder why these groups would be in 
opposition if they
intended to follow all 3 IARU Regional and ARRL 
Voluntary Bandplans
which
prohibit wideband modes below 1840?  It does not 
take a rocket scientist
to answer that.  Although the responses to date 
are strongly in favor, 
we would hate to see it swing the other way 
based on comments from
organized groups who may covet the area below 
1840. 

        To refresh your memory, RM-10352 is a 
petition to limit
wideband modes (SSB, AM and SSTV) to 1.843-2.000 
MHz.  This effectively
protects the area below 1840 exclusively for 
narrowband modes (CW and
digital such as PSK31 and any other new 
narrowband digital modes which
may develop in the future).  CW would continue 
to be allowed full access
per FCC Part 97.305(a) for all amateur bands.  
This Petition is consistent
with the recently revised ARRL Bandplan and with 
all 3 IARU Regional 
Bandplans which recommend only narrowband modes 
below 1840.  We chose 
the carrier frequency limit of 1843 to ensure 
that the lower edge of a 
LSB signal would not extend below 1840.  If you 
wish to read the full
petition, please see:

                
http://users.vnet.net/btippett/rm_petition.htm

        If you have not already done so, please 
support us by making 
your comments to the FCC on the following 
Webpage:

                
http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/prod/ecfs/upload_v2.cgi


Enter RM-10352 (case sensitive!) in Box 1, fill 
in all other
non-optional
boxes, enter your comment in the bottom box and 
click "Send Brief
Comment" and then click "Finish Transaction" on 
the next page.
If you have any problems, or do NOT get a 
confirmation number from
the FCC, please contact W4ZV and he can help you 
with the process.
We strongly suggest using your own words since 
it may be apparent to 
the FCC if you simply "parrot" what someone else 
has said, which is 
quite obvious in several opposition comments.  A 
simple "I support 
RM-10352" is OK too but sharing your experience 
and reasoning with the 
FCC may be more valuable.  Please help us by 
making your comments 
before the FCC window closes February 7.  

                                 73 & Thank you, 
 

                                 Bill W4ZV and 
Jeff K1ZM