At 12:12 PM 3/30/2017, Christopher Imlay wrote:
Yes, the bottom line is that we got everything we asked for with respect to the new bands, except that there will be a 30-day, negative option notification requirement to UTC by all hams who wish to use this band. We will have a strategy to make sure that the notifications get made quickly by a lot of hams all at once, thus to ensure that no later PLC systems can be established that would be entitled to protection from amateur operation in the new bands. The only downside of this order is the preservation of ocean buoys in the great lakes and open ocean at up to 8 watts at 1900-2000 kHz. That was unexpected, but we do get unfettered access to this band and the threat of reallocation is now gone, so there is some benefit there also.
Overall, this is a big win for ARRL and for Amateur Radio, despite the delay in getting it to the finish line.
Hey Chris - Do we need to provide some guidance to people who will want to run SSB or AM (or even Pactor 3/4) on our new 2.1 khz wide 2200 meter band? I don't think many people will have transmitters with narrow transmit filters. Plus, one AM signal will just about fill up our new 7 khz wide 630m band. Or do you consider this a band planning issue? :-) -- Tom ===== e-mail: k1ki@arrl.org ARRL New England Division Director http://www.arrl.org/ Tom Frenaye, K1KI, P O Box J, West Suffield CT 06093 Phone: 860-668-5444