[Lowfer] Emission Designation

John Andrews w1tag at w1tag.com
Fri Nov 16 14:28:37 EST 2007


Kent,

You've gotten a lot of good advice on the application. I got waylaid on 
another project last night, so didn't get back to you on the emission types.

The FCC wants to see formal emission designators with bandwidths on 
these applications. The basics are laid out in Sections 2.201 and 2.202 
of the FCC rules. See:
http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_06/47cfr2_06.html

Pick a BW sufficiently high to accommodate the recognized modes. If you 
plan to use PSK at various rates, just base the license request on the 
highest rate, and don't list the subrates. The FCC is more concerned 
about knowing that your modulation scheme will fit in the available 
bandwidth, than having a detailed list of each of the things you might 
like to try. Warren's WE2XGR application has a good collection of 
possibilities.

John Andrews, W1TAG


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