[Lowfer] Fw: Canadian LOWFER Activities

[Bill Ashlock]

EP,

>If you take a look at the IC website in this regard, it becomes abundantly
> clear --- and rather quickly --- that there is some contradiction(s) in
> RSS-210!

Are you referring to the statement under 160K - 190K operations limiting 
lead-in, antenna + ground to 1 Meter and then later in the same paragraph 
limiting the same items to 30 Meters?  :)

Bill
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "EP Swynar" <gswynar at durham.net>
To: "Discussion of the Lowfer (US, European, &amp; UK) and MedFer bands" 
<lowfer at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2007 6:09 AM
Subject: [Lowfer] Fw: Canadian LOWFER Activities


> YOWZERS!!!
>
> A couple of weeks ago, I sent a snail-mail to the Toronto District Office 
> of
> Industry Canada, regarding the whys & wherefores of 160-190 KHz operation 
> in
> Canada...
>
> If you take a look at the IC website in this regard, it becomes abundantly
> clear --- and rather quickly --- that there is some contradiction(s) in
> RSS-210!
>
> http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/epic/site/smt-gst.nsf/en/sf08477e.html#annex2
>
> Anyway, this morning I received a written reply from an ANNIE PARADIS in 
> the
> Tornto office...their File #6202-6, to whit (and EXACTLY as written,
> questionable grammar notwithstanding):
>
> *******************************
>
> May 9, 2007
>
> Dear Mr. Swynar,
>
> The band of frequencies contained within the 160- to 190-KHz portion of 
> low
> frequency is for private commercial fixed operations only. We are sorry to
> say that no provision have been made for amateur is this band. The policy
> you enquired about does no longer prevail. If you have any more questions,
> please feel free to contact us at:
>
> (e-mail address, phone numbers, etc.).
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Sincerely yours,
>
> Annie Paradis
> Administrative Clerk
>
> Amateur Radio Service
>
> For: Mr. Rene Guerrette
>
> *********************************
>
> So...is this but another error on the part of a low-tiered level within 
> the
> government bureaucracy, or does IC (possibly) have the traditional Lowfer
> band confused with 136-KHz, which is off-limits after June 2007...?
>
> Or worse, if this is all indeed true to fact...? If so, are any & all
> hobbyists' beacons presently on the band from north of the 49th Parallel 
> on
> the air illegally...?!
>
> ...Not much point in my pursuing efforts to put wannanbe beacon "3XZ" on
> anytime soon then!
>
> I hesitate writing to the authorities for further clarification...it's 
> never
> helped me before in other regulatory matters directly relating to Amateur
> Radio, so I would not expect much difference in this scenario...
>
> ~73!~ (and SIGH!!!) Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ
>
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