I would argue that following the IARU band plan is following "good amateur practice" which is cited in part 97. See the recent announcement from QRP-ARCI to realign the US 40m QRP calling frequency as an example. 73, Leigh/WA5ZNU On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 11:28 am, Andrew O'Brien wrote: > None, there is no formal protection afforded just a > "gentelman's/lady's" agreement. > > Andy K3UK > > On 2/24/07, Kurt < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Well I have been paying attention to the messages about ALE and the >> >> IARU beacons. Well now that there is a RTTY contest going on and I copy >> signals from 14.073 up to 14.108, but copied one US Ham at 14.09995. So >> how close is to close and how much protection if any is afforded to the >> beacons? >> >> 73 >> Kurt >> K8YZK > > -- > > Andy K3UK > Skype Me : callto://andyobrien73 > www.obriensweb.com