[Lowfer] No new Part 5 grants for 160-190 or 136kc...

[Chris Lantaff]

You have got to be kidding,  I have been waiting for a friend to bring his
GPS over to get a true reading on the location as the maps around here are
known to have some rather large discrepancies. Everything else was ready to
go, so guess I'll save my 50 bucks until something different happens.  As I
se it the Part-15 rules do not allow for much in antenna experiments as you
are strictly limited by the rules.  The same could be said for trying exotic
modes of communication.  You can not do it on the amateur bands and under
the part-15 rules with the power and antenna restrictions a reliable
communication path is tough with much distance.  With a reliable
communication path established you would have the ability to compare
conventional modes with the experimental ones.  I don't want to stir up the
good, bad and ugly here but has anyone thought about contacting the ARRL, as
if this is true and not just one fcc pin heads opinion it would appear that
they are reneging on their offer after turning down the ham band proposal.

<now getting down from soapbox>

Chris, KE9YK

----- Original Message ----- 
I just got off the phone with Carl Huie of the FCC and he advised me that
there would be no more grants for 160-190kc or the 136kc band as of today.
Too bad I blew 50 bucks to hear that huh??? He said there is no reason why
we can�t use Part-15 rules for any propagation studies and antenna
experiments as well as equipment design. He is also an amateur operator and
said any Part-5 experiments would be a �moot point�. He said the only chance
of getting a Part-5 license is for a pending amateur allocation so a person
could be prepared for transmitting on the band when it becomes available.

A sad day for me,
Mike>WE0H