[Hallicrafters] 5 MHZ

[Ray V.]

The rule does not limit communications to emergency purposes.

The notion, however, comes about because a major reason cited for the
need of a 5mhz frequency was for emergency purposes.

The ARRL was a major force in getting a new 5mhz assignment. Part of the
rational is quoted here: "The ARRL has called the 5 MHz allocation an
urgent priority of the Amateur Service and said that a new band at 5 MHz
would aid emergency communication activities by filling a propagation
gap between 80 and 40 meters."

The FCC apparently agreed because over major NTIA (and other) objections
the FCC still allocated frequencies within the 5mhz spectrum. Admittedly
with very specific technical requirements (channels, power restrictions,
bandwidth and mode of operation).

Many of the answers to questions about the 5mhz freq can be found here,
"http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/regulations/faq.html"

Additionally, if anyone is really interested in seeing exactly what went
on in the FCC's decision making process to allocate us a sliver of 5mhz,
     I recommend you look at
"http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-03-105A1.doc".

You may not agree with the results, but at least by reading this you
will know why we have channels, power limits, mode limits (yes, it is
USB only, specifically 2K8J3E, not CW or other digital on a USB channel
as some have claimed), straight from the FCC.

A little reading of the above two web links may go a long way towards
helping people understand what is happening.

73, Ray  W2EC


Bill Gerhold wrote:

    > Nothing I have read about the new 5mhz frequencies indicate they
are for
    > emergency purposes only!
    >
    > Where is this notion coming from?
    >
    > K2WH
    >