I hate people that reply to their own posts but I was being
curt...besides the obvious response to the onmibus rules, what was
interesting to me was the ARRL page specifically saying The
elimination of J2D emissions, data sent by modulating an SSB
transmitter, of more than 500 Hz bandwidth
FCC Omnibus Amateur Radio RO Published in Federal Register, Takes
Effect December 15
NEWINGTON, CT (November 15, 2006) -- Just a little over a month after
the Federal Communications Commission released the Report and Order
(RO) in the so-called Omnibus Amateur Radio proceeding, WT Docket
Even though some things are still not fully clear to me, as I mentioned
on an earlier post, at least we do know for sure that in the U.S. the
CW/data area is now below 3600 for 80 meters. The Extra class can
operate from 3600 to 4000 phone or image which includes wide band width
digital FAX or
As of Dec 15 Pactor-III running at a bandwidth of greater than 500 Hz
(such as Winlink) is not permissible below 30 MHz. This is one of the
petition to reconsider items being considered by the ARRL Board of
Directors.
Of course any digital mode 500Hz bandwidth on any frequency =30Mhz is
not
Somehow, the Federal Register posting neglected to resolve the
conflict concerning automatic digital forwarding on 80 meters. There
is no change to section 97.221. Forwarding is allowed, but it isn't,
yet it is? Raising the lower end for voice to 3.635 would fix a few
problems.
... Duane
Dan:
Why would the ARRL do this? It is my opinion that coupled with the
parts of Pactor-III that are considered trade secrets, Pactor-III is in
violation of Part 97 making it an encryption. There is no provision in
part 97 for being able to receive it with ridiculously priced hardware,
it
