[Meteor-Scatter] Amended MS Procedure & amended band Plan

[Rob]

Russ,

It is not Metro Goldwyn Mayer..... (funny sounds as well, but not hamradio 
hi).

MGM stands for Machine Generated Mode, thus FSK441, JT65, JT6M etc.



73, Rob PA0RDY




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Russ K2TXB" <k2txb at dxcc.com>
To: "Franz van Velzen (OE3FVU)" <oe3fvu at aon.at>; "Meteor-Scatter" 
<Meteor-Scatter at mailman.qth.net>
Cc: "FVV" <franz.van.velzen at aon.at>
Sent: Monday, September 19, 2005 10:26 PM
Subject: RE: [Meteor-Scatter] Amended MS Procedure & amended band Plan


> Franz, what does MGM mean?
>
> Thanks, 73 - Russ K2TXB
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: meteor-scatter-bounces at mailman.qth.net
>> [mailto:meteor-scatter-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of Franz van
>> Velzen (OE3FVU)
>> Sent: Monday, September 19, 2005 3:51 PM
>> To: Meteor-Scatter
>> Cc: FVV
>> Subject: [Meteor-Scatter] Amended MS Procedure & amended band Plan
>>
>>
>> Folks,
>>
>> I have had a first view on the amended bandplan and MS Procedure as 
>> agreed
>> last week in Davos. You can find that
>> at
>> http://www.ssa.se/sektion_vhf/dokument/Final_C5_Recommendations_2005.pdf
>>
>> It is very sad this is the result of a discussion of "our" 
>> representatives
>> who we have given the power to take decisions on "our" behalf.
>>
>> 2 points I would like to raise which are clear examples of failing to
>> understand
>> the real situation on 2 meter...
>>
>> A. MS Procedure Point 9 states that any mentioning of information on the
>> chat,
>> cluster etc will invalidate the qso. GREAT that a third party mentioning
>> something
>> about an ongoing QSO will be able to invalidate the attempt. WHILE in
>> essence in
>> Point 8.d.1 one is allowed to "piece" together the required information.
>>
>> B. The bandplan states now an alternative MGM aalocation between
>> 144.150 and
>> 180, with
>> 144.170 being an alternative calling frequency. The
>> interpretation of a few
>> station I
>> have seen on the hat are :
>>  - Great - finally a JT65b Tropo calling QRG
>>  - Fine - an EME calling frequency
>>  - At last - a secundairy MS-FSK calling frequency
>> This indeed will be the basis for a complete mess, I am afraid....
>>
>> (Mind you, the proposed extended allocation for MGM based EME use was not
>> accepted,
>> unfortunately this current allocation has proven already not to be 
>> enough,
>> while
>> acivity, especially with "small" stations is really exploding).
>>
>> You will be able to read the rest of the amendments yourself. Make up 
>> your
>> own mind
>> if it is a good thing happening. Unfortunately I don't think that
>> this is an
>> improvement...
>>
>> OE3FVU - Franz
>>
>> (yes, I am active on MGM based EME and MS)
>>
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