"KØHB" wrote in message
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"Dee Flint" wrote

Why? There is nothing there that is harmful to CW in the least.

As others here have pointed out, the current cw/rtty/data 225kHz segment
between 3525-3750 is being compressed to just 75kHz between 3525-3600.
That's a 3:1 compression ratio.

Now before you start your chant about "CW can transmit anywhere", consider
that this R&O puts 25% of the 75/80m band in the exclusive hands of Extras
and another 20% in the exclusive hands of Extra/Advanced. So almost half
of the band isn't available under *any mode* to Generals. As Iitoi
pointed out, 80m CW has long been a hotbed of public service and traffic
handling nets (which depend on Generals for manpower) --- good luck on
this one now!

73, de Hans, K0HB

Good reason to upgrade then. After reading the various FCC items, it looks
like they really want people to upgrade clear to the top license anyway.

Dee, N8UZE