[SixClub] Digital on 6 meters

Wed Mar 28 21:27:31 EST 2007

Bruce et al,
Let's face a fact...we have to occupy the bands we are allocated with stuff
or lose the bands.
I was part of a very active 220-222 MHz defense committee and subsequently a
member of the 219 MHz task force and I remember well working with great guys
like Todd Olsen, K0TO to recover from that loss of spectrum.
It's not pretty!
Having said that, I really enjoy weak signal operation and we do need to
make sure that we make some small changes to the broad rule as proposed
and/or come up with bandplans that address the concerns that we all share. 
The bottom line is that it is not going to be the same after the rule
changes, and we can make it better than the relatively sterile spectrum that
it is today.  With that thought, let's figure what has to be addressed as
is, what has to be moved, how much spectrum is needed and make room for the
multi-media digital operations that will complement what is done in the weak
signal, FM, AM, etc. areas of the band.
Thanks for reading!
73,
Gordon Beattie, W2TTT
201.314.6964
W2ttt at arrl.net

-----Original Message-----
From: sixclub-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:sixclub-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of bruce mallon
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 6:48 PM
To: World Wide Six Meter Club
Subject: Re: [SixClub] Digital on 6 meters

Ok here is more detail ....

Les no problem most probably know of this move from
last year SAME PEOPLE pushing for 90% of the band to
be their own toy ....

50.300 - 54.000 100 khz wide DIGITAL 

The people who want this don't care about am FM or
anything else .....

April 2005 ARRL ....

6 and 2 meters: The proposal preserves the lower 300
kHz in each band for narrowband, weak-signal modes
reflecting established practice, but opens the rest of
these bands for bandwidths up to 100 kHz. This is
intended to permit new modes, particularly multimedia.

Did they ask any of us ..... NO .....

The 1st 100 khz is CW  which leaves 200 khz for all of
us Very nice of them ...... 

NOW how did they test this new mode and determin it
would not interfere with the rest of us ?

WELL I ASKED .......

FROM THE ARRL ...

I did a bit of checking. There was a brief xperiment, 
>conducted as an  activity of the HSMM Working Group,
by one station in Fresno, CA using OFDM with a
bandwidth of 200 kHz in the band 50.3-50.8 MHz, on a
non-interference basis, under an FCC Part 5
experimental icense which  terminated in September
2006. 
No reports of interference were received.
It does not indicate continuing testing and a 200-kHz
bandwidth for  data in the 6-m band is not part of the
League's regulation-by-bandwidth  petition...  ) 

 You may pass this along to the list if you like.

 Ed Hare, W1RFI
 ARRL Laboratory Manager

ONE STATION CLOSED BAND AND SHORT TESTS 

But they saw fit to include it in this proposal . EVEN
AFTER THIS LETTER SAID NO ......

AGAIN did they ask anyone here NO !

Bruce
on 6 since 66

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