David, Most of the new rules are understandable, just a few that were confusing or not completely clear or, at least in one case, in conflict with other rules.
The ARRL announced today that their late filed Petition for Reconsideration has not been acted upon by the FCC, therefore the new regulation is now in effect. The 500 Hz semi-automatic automatic stations will continue to operate just as they have for many years although the ones that formerly operated abover 3600 KHz will have to migrate down below the 3600 ceiling here in the U.S. for digital data/RTTY. There will be no fully automatic 80 meter stations within the U.S. at this time, since there is no automatic area available under the new rules. This also means that there will be no semi-automatic stations within the U.S. that operate wide band modes either since those stations must operate within the automatic segment. That does not mean that there will be no Pactor 3 operation since it would be legal to transmit P3 from a station with a control operator present to an automatic station in other countries, and there may be some who will have a BBS system with a control operator present or with some kind of remote operation, that would allow them to continue to operate in a similar manner to what they had been doing. But it will likely mean a lot fewer P3 stations on the 80 meter band. 73, Rick, KV9U David Michael Gaytko // WD4KPD wrote: >with all the "translations" of the new 80m rules, i just wonder >if the auto/semiauto stations are gonna run in the 500hz section, >or gonna wait untill clarification. > >would surely be looked on poorly by the narrow modes, and if >not legal, would look poorly to the FCC should they desire to >reconsider. > >just wondering what will happen ? > >david/wd4kpd > > >
