That's "QRP Dudes" not "QRP duded" And it meant to say "no high power amps" not "now high power amps"
Theere, I fele bettetr now thta we haev taht all cleraed up! - Keith KD1E - -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Darwin, Keith Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 8:20 AM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: RE: [Elecraft] QRP in the novice subbands Wow, great info Jim, Buy I still wonder why we QRP duded didn't decide to have the QRP frequencies in the low power section of the band. I suspect it is because there aren't any signals there ;-) And yes, 30 m is one of my favorite bands because it has no phone signals and now high power amps. If you hear them they're "in your league" and can be worked. - Keith KD1E - ________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 7:28 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Darwin, Keith Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] QRP in the novice subbands In a message dated 10/19/05 11:37:44 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Well, the big problem is -- there are no more Novices! Yes, there are! Also Tech Pluses and "Techs-with-HF", who have the same privileges as Novices. 30 years ago, when I was first licensed, the Novice class was common. FCC hasn't issued a Novice license for years now, and anyone who would meet the requirements would now be a General. These are the numbers of current, unexpired amateur radio licenses held by individuals on the stated dates, and the percentage of the total number of active licenses that class contains: As of May 14, 2000: Novice - 49,329 (7.3%) Technician - 205,394 (30.4%) Technician Plus - 128,860 (19.1%) General - 112,677 (16.7%) Advanced - 99,782 (14.8%) Extra - 78,750 (11.7%) Total Tech/TechPlus - 334,254 (49.5%) Total all classes - 674,792 As of October 15, 2005: Novice - 27,606 (4.2%) [decrease of 21,723] Technician - 272,111 (41.0%) [increase of 66,717) Technician Plus - 45,994 (6.9%) [decrease of 82,866] General - 135,881 (20.5%) [increase of 23,204] Advanced - 75,043 (11.3%) [decrease of 24,739] Extra - 107,178 (16.1%) [increase of 28,428] Total Tech/TechPlus - 318,105 (47.9%) [decrease of 16,149] Total all classes - 663,788 (decrease of 11,004) Note that these totals do not include licenses that have expired but are in the grace period. They also do not include club, military, RACES or other station-only licenses. Note also that effective April 15, 2000, new Novice, Technician Plus and Advanced licenses are no longer issued. Since April 15, 2000, FCC has renewed all existing Technician Plus licenses as Technician. It is therefore informative to consider the totals of the two classes, since the Technician class includes a significant number of Technician Plus licenses renewed as Technician. So, they are, indeed, a waste. > I'd like to > see the subbands absorbed back into the main band plan. Give > another 25 > KC to SSB, move digital stuff up a bit and give more space to CW as > well. Sounds like a good idea. Except there's no separation between Morse Code and data modes on those subbands, at least in the USA. Data modes aren't allowed in the HF 'phone image subbands, but outside them, all the data modes share the same space as Morse Code. Only good operating practice keeps them apart. The FCC has already received a similar petition from the ARRL. I don't think that petition has been filed yet. It proposes regulation by signal bandwidth, not mode. It has some good ideas and some flaws. I think the FCC is just biding it's time until it can make a bunch of rules at one whack. No - just the opposite. Currently the only pending NPRM is about Morse Code testing (05-235) . Comments on that one close at the end of this month. There were 18 petitions to FCC from mid-2003 to mid-2005 about changing license classes, Morse Code and written testing, new entry-level license classes, subbands, and a whole bunch more. They all got RM numbers and comments. FCC replied to all 18 petitions by 05-235, which proposes to simply drop Element 1 (the 5 wpm code test) and make no other changes at all. The ARRL regulation by bandwidth petition is a separate deal. For a good QRP band, there's always 30m, too. No Novices, but it is restricted to 200 watt PEP just the same. Yup - because it's shared. -- For a snapshot of current US licensing, see: http://www.arrl.org/fcc/stats.html 73 de Jim, N2EY _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
