July 6th 03, 07:21 PM
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In article , writes:
"Jim Hampton" writes:
I wonder if they eliminate CW (all but certain, but not to as when),
Eliminate CW? I thought it was just the TEST that was going away!
;-)
will they expand the phone bands downward a bit?
That depends on who proposes what and how FCC reacts.
From everyhting I've read on the subject, it's clear to me that as soon as the
revised treaty is ratified, FCC could just drop Element 1. No NPRM, no NOI, no
comments, nothing, zip, nil, nada. FCC could honestly and accurately say that
the whole issue had been debated and dealt with back in 1998-99 restructuring
and again in the Wormsey-Adsit-Dinelli Petition for Reconsideration.
Changing subband allocations is a different issue entirely. NPRM, comments,
etc. is almost certainly a requirement. A proposal to "refarm" the
Novice/TechPlus subbands was sent to FCC some time back, and to my knowledge
FCC hasn't acted on it yet other than to take comments and reply comments.
I hope not. If they do, I hope the band plans still reserve the CW
spectrum, and hams obey them.
All of the non-phone HF/MF subbands in the USA are shared between CW and
digital modes. It would be a BIG mistake to reduce or eliminate them.
73 de Jim, N2EY
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