> Skip KH6TY wrote > The IARU Region 2 bandplans, effective > January 1, 2008, recommend additional restricitions > on automatic operations >http://www.iaru-r2.org/wp-content/uploads/region-2-mf-hf-bandplan-e.pdf Hi Skip,
The IARU Region 2 Bandplan you reference is exactly the same as the one I referenced, and you can click on the map and see it at: http://hflink.com/bandplans As of 01 January 2008, there exists a significant malfunction between the new IARU Region 2 bandplan and the USA FCC regulations regarding automatically controlled data stations. Operators in USA must follow FCC regulations. They cannot follow the IARU Region 2 Bandplan where it contradicts FCC regulations. Doesn't it seem odd, that the IARU Region 2 bandplan committee would adopt a bandplan they know absolutely cannot be followed by more than 95% of the operators in IARU Region 2? This is the first time that such a thing has happened as far as I know. Perhaps it was due to inadvertent error. We haven't seen any corrections published (yet). Bonnie KQ6XA
