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December 31st 05, 03:39 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.policy

wrote:
KØHB wrote:
wrote

Basic: 3525-3625 and 3900-4000
Intermediate: 3525-3750 and 3850-4000
Full: entire band

I missed where you explained why the bands needed to be divided by class.

It's to serve as an upgrade incentive. Not everyone aspires to run high
power.

Oh, another upgrade for upgrade's sake. And a completely arbitrary and
unnecessary division within hamdom.

Is it
more difficult to understand how to operate on 3524 than on 3526?

Of course not.

A completely arbitrary and unnecessary division within hamdom.

Neither is it more difficult to understand how to operate a 100 watt
transmitter
than a 50 watt transmitter.

It is on 10 meters. The law requires an EA at 100 watts, but not at
50.

But under your system, a Class B licensee
could
not legally operate a 100 watt transmitter.

See above.

RF exposure, you say? The RF exposure hazard (in the high gain
direction)
from a 50 watt UHF transmitter with a high gain antenna is far more
than that
from a 100 watt HF transmitter with a low-gain antenna at the same
distance.

Yet under your system, a Class B licensee could legally operate a 50
watt
UHF transmitter and high-gain antenna, but not not legally operate a
100 watt transmitter with low gain antenna.

73 de Jim, N2EY

That's why my proposal says "erp."