[SFDXA] Southeastern Division Survey Question

[Bill]

With the July Board Meeting a little less than a month away, Vice
Director Mike Lee and I are busy getting ready. While in Birmingham a
few months ago for the Hamfest, a member explained an idea that he had.
I've discussed the idea with other Board members and have come up with a
potential motion to present to the Board in July. In deciding whether to
bring the motion to the Board, I want to solicit input from the
membership.

In the days when the Technician written exam was the same as the
General, with 5 wpm CW versus 13 wpm separating them, Novices and
Technicians worked CW in the Novice subbands, polishing their operating
skills and listening to all of the great DX out of reach in the General
subbands—especially on 20m. This provided both a training grounds for
new licensees and an enticement to upgrade to General and beyond.

The idea of the proposal is to try to recapture the motivation for
upgrading and advancing within our hobby that previously existed
through the Novice Sub-bands.

Proposal:

Create a 10 KHz Technician Digital Subband with a limit of 200 watts in
the 80m, 40m, and 15m bands. Digital modes would be limited to RTTY and
PSK. The subbands would be 3.600-3.610 KHz (moving the bottom of the
Extra phone band to 3.610 KHz), 7.115-7.125 KHz, and 21.190-21.200 KHz.
This mirrors the bands and power levels where Technicians already have
CW privileges (Technicians already have digital privileges on 10m at
200w).

This would take a rule change by the FCC.

Request:

If you support the idea, send an email before 7/5/2014 to
yes at arrlse.org that includes your callsign in the body of the email.

If you oppose the idea, send an email before 7/5/2014 to no at arrlse.org
that includes your callsign in the body of the email.

Please only send one email and share this information with as many
amateurs as possible.

Thanks & 73, de K4AC

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ARRL Southeastern Division
Director: Doug Rehman, K4AC
k4ac at arrl.org