[Fists] K1ZZ: Voice below 3.6 MHz

[David Ring]

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Sumner, Dave,  K1ZZ <dsumner at arrl.org>
Date: Aug 4, 2007 1:47 AM
Subject: RE: Voice below 3.6 MHz
To: David Ring <n1ea at arrl.net>
Cc: Dick <k6ksg at howard-co.us>





David, I haven't seen any other references to whatever is on the FISTS
reflector -- unfortunately it has been a source of misinformation in
the past, as admirable as the club's objectives and many of its
activities are.

The current Region 2 band plan is here:

http://www.iaru-regionii.org/Region_2_HF_Band_Plan.html

I imagine it will be reviewed at the conference in Brasilia next month.

73,
Dave Sumner, K1ZZ

 ________________________________
 From: djringjr at gmail.com on behalf of David Ring
Sent: Sat 8/4/2007 5:15 AM
To: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ
Cc: Dick
Subject: Re: Voice below 3.6 MHz




Dave,

I thought you might need to see this.

Dick Singer received this email and sent it to me and others in SOWP
- I thought it would be important to send you a copy of this.  I
believe the wrong info was passed via FISTS reflector and I've already
sent this email to the FISTS reflector and to Nancy (I don't know if
it originated with her as I don't receive mail from that reflector but
I have posting rights).

If sending this on to QST editors - strip my comment to you from the
forward - and perhaps Dick Singer's call - the important part is the
information from RAC itself.

73

David Ring, N1EA

On 8/3/07, David Ring <n1ea at arrl.net wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: RAC HFBPC To: Dick Singer/K6KSG
Sent: Friday, August 03, 2007 9:50 AM Subject: Re: Voice below 3.6 MHz

Dick de Jim VE1JF (member, RAC HF Band Planning Committee)--

We agree; note the second paragraph of our introduction to the plan:
http://www.rac.ca/service/RAC_Draft_HF_Band_PlanR1.pdf

Our RAC President and VP-International will shortly be attending a
Region 2 Band Planning meeting; they will be presenting and supporting
a strong position paper from us requesting that Region 2 reverse this
position, which compresses both CW and digital. We hope our position
will receive broad support from other Region 2 IARU members.

Please feel free to share this information with others who may be
interested. It appears from at least some of the comments we are
receiving that this item is being disseminated as originated by us;
the actual advocates of below-3600 voice are outside Canada.

73,

Jim, VE1JF

On 8/3/07, Dick Singer/K6KSG <k6ksg at howard-co.us wrote:

Sirs;

Please reconsider your proposal for increasing the use of voice (SSB)
operations below 3.6 MHz in the 80 meter CW band.

We amateur operators in the U. S. use these frequencies for CW traffic
nets and general communications.

The added interference that would occur would be very difficult to
operate CW and pass traffic as well as for general CW communications.

Please reconsider.

Thank You,

Richard Singer/K6KSG