[Lowfer] Proposed new band at 461-469 and 471-478 kHz

[rick kirby]

I hope they give out experimental licenses  first. This way a few hard 
working experimenters will be able to actually use the band .Once it becomes 
a ham band ,Kenwood, Icom and Yeasu will sell a rig with the band  along 
with a super duper auto tuner  that will tune a raingutter down to a perfect 
1:1 swr. Then the ARRL ,CQ magazine and every other contest sponsor will set 
up contests every weekend and the band will be unusable ; just like the all 
the other bands are now on the weekend.
 If one more guy interrupts my cq on cw to tell me " hey buddy dont you know 
theres a contest goin on?" Im gonna lose it.
 Well ; at least we still have1750 mtrs;  for now1

                     Rick
                         KA2PBO
  "PBO" 187.2Khz QRSS60




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "craig wasson" <craig at wasson.com>
To: "Discussion of the Lowfer (US, European, &amp, UK) and MedFer bands" 
<lowfer at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 20:37
Subject: [Lowfer] Proposed new band at 461-469 and 471-478 kHz


> Interesting that the FCC and NTIA are supporting a new ham band at 461-469
> and 471-478 kHz.
>
> I did a quick check on the airnav web site but couldn't find any NDBs in 
> the
> entire 461-478 range.  So what are they trying to protect at 470 khz? 
> They
> mention protecting NAVTEXT at 490, but no mention as to why the "hole" in
> the proposed band at 470.
>
> Also interesting that in the word document about this on the FCC web site
> there is an apparent typo where they refer to the 471-487 khz range.
> Craig
>
>
> ================= From the ARRL
> Bulletin =========================================
> The Federal Communications Commission and the National Telecommunications
> and Information Administration -- the spectrum regulators for United 
> States
> private sector and government users, respectively -- have agreed to 
> support
> a secondary MF allocation to the Amateur Radio Service at 461-469 kHz and
> 471-478 kHz at the 2012 World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-12), to 
> be
> held in Geneva, Switzerland from January 23-February 17. FCC and NTIA
> officials formally presented the proposal at a meeting of the Second
> Permanent Consultative Committee of the Inter-American Telecommunication
> Commission, held August 30-September 3 in Fortaleza, Brazil.
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