The baud rate limit applies but this means 300 symbol changes per second on each subcarrier. The number of subcarriers and the number of bits per subcarrier is not limited. The ARRL regulation by bandwidth proposal was a better method than the current regulation by content rules but was opposed by too many people.
73, John KD6OZH ----- Original Message ----- From: Charles Brabham To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 13:02 UTC Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Why would anyone John: Do the rules specify that there is no baudrate limit upon FDM modes? The fact that they are mentioned does not necessarily imply that they are not intended to fall under the 300 baud restriction.