If I'm hunting a clear spot to call CQ and there's a clear frequency in the automatic sub-bands, I should be able to call CQ there without fear of later being QRM'd by an automatic station that doesn't listen before transmitting.
Were there a bandplan that suggested these sub-bands be exclusively used by specific modes or control schemes (e.g. remote initiation), then I would of course conform. But the governing bandplan is woefully obsolete: http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/regulations/bandplan.html According to this band plan, the only protocol allowed in the automatic sub-bands is Packet. 73, Dave, AA6YQ --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, David Struebel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think the title of this string should be changed. Most of the comments > have really no idea of the difference between > NTSD running "Classic Winlink" in the auto control subbands and Winlink > 2000. I operate within the auto control subbands > in automatic mode connecting to other NTSD stations.... Although no one > "owns" a frequency, I would not operate outside of these subbands > and possibly interfere with another QSO in a another digital mode..... > you have plenty of space to operate. It would appear that operation of > other modes > in the autocontrol subands is deliberately inviting a confrontation. > > Dave WB2FTX > Eastern Area Digital Coordinator NTSD > > doc wrote: > > >This has been raised many times during this and other > >debates in the Ham fraternity about the latest cause > >of avoidable QRM. > > > >It is one of the examples people unhappy point to as > >an illustration of ARRL arrogance "do as I say, not as > >I do". > > > >OTOH, it is kind of silly if not looking for conflict > >to start a QSO on a freq one knows has been used to the > >benefit of thousands of Hams for 40 years at certain > >times of day. > > > >It remains the responsibility of the operators of W1AW > >to be certain the freq is clear *prior* to transmitting. > > > >Perhaps an Official Observer should cite them to make > >the point that no one is above the law, regs, nor common > >courtesy. > > > >;-) doc > > > > > > > >>Hmmm. I have sent them a note or two in the past over exactly that. I or > >>someone else was using a freq and they fired up. I let them no in > >>unequivocal terms, that is not suppose to happen. They are no different > >>than anyone else on that matter, and should check every frequency they are > >>about to fire up, and slightly change if someone else is there. > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > >Need a Digital mode QSO? Connect to Telnet://cluster.dynalias.org > > > >Other areas of interest: > > > >The MixW Reflector : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/themixwgroup/ > >DigiPol: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Digipol (band plan policy discussion) > > > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Need a Digital mode QSO? Connect to Telnet://cluster.dynalias.org Other areas of interest: The MixW Reflector : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/themixwgroup/ DigiPol: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Digipol (band plan policy discussion) Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalradio/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
