"> Skip KH6TY wrote: > If someone is going to propose a "bandplan" then it might be > a good idea to first educate oneself as to the current usage > and limitations, since that IS important!
Hopefully you will research the situation, educate yourself, and get back to us at some point with a suggestion. Bonnie KQ6XA" My suggestion is definitely not to follow your suggestion! Just leave PSK31 activity where it is now! 3525-3600 is open for CW, Data, and RTTY by FCC R&O for all license classes, and there is no reason for PSK31 on 3580-3583 to move, nor for W1AW CW code practice on 3581.5 to move, just because you say it should. As I suggested, you need to educate yourself and understand the architecture of the Warbler transceiver. You can do this by going to www.smallwonderlabs.com and clicking on the PSK31 button and then the Warbler picture, or Google for PSK-80 Warbler and look at the schematic. The PSK-80 Warbler is a very inexpensive, unique, very popular, design that uses 5 colorburst crystals for all filtering and the only other available choice is to use 3686.4 microprocessor crystals which would put it in the new phone segment. In other words, it is not practical to "re-crystal" the Warblers, as it would take over $60 of custom crystals, which cost more then the entire $50 Warbler. The Warbler is affordable at $50, but not at $100. It has been years since Novices have been "rockbound", so that argument has no merit, does it? If you want people to take your bandplan suggestions seriously, you might want to do your homework and accomodate current operating practices a lot better... 73, Skip KH6TY
