Thanks for the info Bonnie, I was hoping that region 1 and 2 would now share the same narrow band mode segment. What is now happening is that many of the narrow band mode operators in region 2 are moving in to the segment suggested by the region 1 band plan. Maybe region 2 will make a change. I also note that the entire added 100 kHz is to be wide band modes (SSB). If I were king it would have been different. I hope your wrong about the broadcasters.
Yours truly, Eric - K9NP --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, "expeditionradio" <expeditionra...@...> wrote: > > 7MHz IARU Region 1 Bandplan (effective 29 MAR 2009) > IARU Region 1 is Europe/Africa/Russia/MiddleEast. > More details: http://hflink.com/bandplans > =============================== > FREQ kHz (BANDWIDTH) PREFERRED MODE AND USAGE > =============================== > 7000-7025 (200Hz) CW, contest preferred > 7025-7040 (200Hz) CW > [7030= QRP Centre of Activity] > 7040-7047 (500Hz) Narrow band modes - digimodes > 7047-7050 (500Hz) Narrow band modes digimodes, automatically controlled > data stations (unattended) > 7050-7053 (2700Hz) All modes - digimodes, automatically controlled data > stations (unattended) > 7053-7060 (2700Hz) All modes - digimodes > 7060-7100 (2700Hz) All modes, SSB contest preferred > [7070= Digital Voice Centre of Activity] > [7090= SSB QRP Centre of Activity] > 7100-7130 (2700Hz) All modes > [7110= Region 1 Emergency Centre of Activity] > 7130-7200 (2700Hz All modes, SSB contest preferred > [7165= Image Centre of Activity] > 7175-7200 (2700Hz) All modes, priority for intercontinental operation > > More details on bandplans: > http://hflink.com/bandplans > > ================================================ > Some comments and notes on the new bandplan > de Bonnie KQ6XA: > > 1. Region 1 is Europe/Africa/Russia/MiddleEast. > The IARU Region 1 bandplan has been updated, > effective 29 March 2009, and it includes the > ITU change of the 7100kHz-7200kHz band to > allow ham radio use in Region 1. > > 2. In some cases, Region 1 hams may need to > disregard the suggested IARU R1 bandplan in order > to communicate with operators of countries which > have different rules and regulations for frequency > use. This includes USA, Japan, some countries of > Africa, South America, and Asia. > > 3. The shortwave broadcast stations of Africa, > Asia (especially China, etc) or South America will > probably not move out of the 7100kHz-7200kHz band soon. > They will continue for a long time, to make this part > of the band nearly useless from evening to morning. > Some countries opposed the removal of this band > from shortwave broadcast... they are the most likely > ones to be reluctant to move out... or they may > never actually move. > > 4. Placement of the Emergency Centre of Activity > Frequency at 7110kHz is interesting. However, it > will be plagued by strong QRM from rogue broadcasters > of various nations for years into the future. The > bandplanners might have been naive to remove the > existing 7060kHz Emergency Centre of Activity > Frequency from the 2006 bandplan. It would have been > better to list both frequencies during the next > few years of interim changes in spectrum use. > > 5. Unfortunately, like previous years, the bandplan > committee paid scant attention to the needs of the > auto digital ham community. The plan provides only > one channel for high speed data in a shared > overlapping area of the band where SSB voice will > continue to be widely used by the operators of > Region 1 (and 2, and 3). Although some auto data > entities will try to meet this suggested change, > the reality is that this leaves most operators > involved in the constant volume of fast data > activity with little choice other than disregarding > the bandplan's suggestion. > > 6. Many countries of Region 1, Region 2, and Region 3 > likely do not plan to update their ham radio spectrum > allocations, and it may take many years for it > to happen (if ever). In the interim, it is more likely > that the band will continue to be used by 3rd world > bootleggers and pirates... as well as government > entities. There is really not much recourse for hams to > deal with those problems. > > 73 Bonnie KQ6XA >
