>From the ARRL Letter:
"The FCC has turned down a request asking it to permit SSB and digital modes
in the 6 and 2-meter CW-only subbands. The petition was filed last August by
the California Six Meter Club and was assigned rulemaking number RM-9806.
The FCC sought comment on the proposal early this year.
The CSMC said it requested the additional emission types because its survey
of weak-signal operations indicated that the CW-only segments are hardly
used. The club said most DX and weak signal work takes place on frequencies
above the CW subbands.
The FCC said it received one comment, which opposed the petition.
In denying the request, the FCC said it did not believe the requested
revisions were necessary or had the support of the amateur community. The
FCC said the petition's premise that the segments 50.0 to 50.1 MHz and 144.0
to 144.1 MHz appear "virtually unused" was contradicted by an earlier
petition filed by the Central States VHF Society. The CSVHFS had sought
additional spectrum to protect so-called weak signal operations from
wideband modes. The FCC dismissed the CSVHFS petition last November.
The FCC concluded that authorizing additional emission types in the 6-meter
and 2-meter CW subbands "could have an adverse impact on the operating
activities of other licensees." Additionally, the FCC said, CSMC did not
show that any improvement in communications capabilities would result from
opening up another 100 kHz of spectrum for other emission types, which the
FCC said already were "adequately accommodated."
The FCC action was released June 28."
If you wonder why we can't have CW subbands on 160, please
contact your ARRL Directors. I'm not soliciting a discussion of this
since we need pressure on ARRL...not a discussion on the reflector!
73, Bill W4ZV
P.S. ARRL Directors:
Atlantic Division
Director:
Bernie Fuller, N3EFN
17668 Price Rd
Saegertown, PA 16433
814-763-1529
n3efn@arrl.org
Vice Director:
William C. Edgar, N3LLR
22 Jackson Ave.
Bradford, PA 16701
Phone: 814-362-1250
n3llr@arrl.org
Central Division
Director:
Edmond A. Metzger, W9PRN
917 Lindsay Rd
Springfield, IL 62704
217-546-6870
w9prn@arrl.org
Vice Director:
Howard S. Huntington, K9KM
25350 N Marilyn Ln
Hawthorn Woods, IL 60047
847-438-3452
k9km@arrl.org
Dakota Division
Director:
Jay Bellows, K0QB
997 Portland Ave.
St. Paul, MN 55104
651-983-2420
k0qb@arrl.org
Vice Director:
Twila Greenheck, N0JPH
333 Owasso Heights Rd
Shoreview, MN 55126
651-483-1214
n0jph@arrl.org
Delta Division
Director:
Rick Roderick, K5UR
PO Box 1463
Little Rock, AR 72203
501-988-2527
k5ur@arrl.org
Vice Director:
Henry Leggette, WD4Q
7335 Ginger Snap Cove
Memphis TN 38125
901-757-0444
wd4q@arrl.org
Great Lakes Division (Great Lakes Division home page)
Director:
George Race, WB8BGY
3865 Gibbs Rd.
Albion, MI 49224
517-531-4758
wb8bgy@arrl.org
Vice Director:
Gary L. Johnston, KI4LA
3056 Hergott Dr
Edgewood, KY 41017-3377
606-341-7477
ki4la@arrl.org
Hudson Division (Hudson Division home page)
Director:
Frank J. Fallon, N2FF
30 E. Williston Ave.
East Williston, NY 11596
516-746-7652
n2ff@arrl.org
Vice Director:
J. P. Kleinhaus, W2XX
PO Box 322
Shrub Oak, NY 10588-0322
914 528-1604
w2xx@arrl.org
Midwest Division (Midwest Division home page)
Director:
Wade Walstrom, W0EJ
7431 Macon Dr
Cedar Rapids, IA 52411
319-393-8982
w0ej@arrl.org
Vice Director:
Bruce Frahm, K0BJ
PO Box DX
Colby, KS 67701
785-462-7388
k0bj@arrl.org
New England Division (New England Division home page)
Director:
Tom Frenaye, K1KI
PO Box 386
West Suffield, CT 06093
860-668-5444
k1ki@arrl.org
Vice Director:
Michael N. Raisbeck, K1TWF
85 High St.
Chelmsford, MA 01824
978-250-1235
k1twf@arrl.org
Northwestern Division (Northwestern Division home page)
Director:
Greg Milnes, W7OZ
740 SE 24th Ave
Hillsboro, OR 97123-7286
503-648-6990
w7oz@arrl.org
Vice Director:
James E. Fenstermaker, K9JF
10312 NE 161st Avenue
Vancouver, WA 98682
360-256-1716
k9jf@arrl.org
Pacific Division (Pacific Division home page)
Director:
Jim Maxwell, W6CF
PO Box 473
Redwood Estates, CA 95044
408-353-3911
w6cf@arrl.org
Vice Director:
Bob Vallio, W6RGG
18655 Sheffield Rd
Castro Valley, CA 94546
510-537-6704
w6rgg@arrl.org
Roanoke Division (Roanoke Division home page)
Director:
Dennis Bodson, W4PWF
233 N Columbus St
Arlington, VA 22203
703-243-3743
w4pwf@arrl.org
Vice Director:
Leslie Shattuck Sr, K4NK
127 Henderson St.
Greenville, SC 29611
Phone: 864-421-0732
k4nk@arrl.org
Rocky Mountain Division
Director:
Walt Stinson, W0CP
999 S Logan St
Denver, CO 80209
303-770-3926
w0cp@arrl.org
Vice Director:
Marshall Quiat, AG0X
PO Box 200878
Denver, CO 80220-0878
303-331-3456
ag0x@arrl.org
Southeastern Division (Southeastern Division home page)
Director:
Frank M. Butler Jr, W4RH
323 Elliott Rd SE
Ft Walton Beach, FL 32548
904-244-5425
w4rh@arrl.org
Vice Director:
Evelyn Gauzens, W4WYR
2780 NW 3rd St
Miami, FL 33125
305-642-4139
w4wyr@arrl.org
Southwestern Division (Southwestern Division home page)
Director:
Fried Heyn, WA6WZO
962 Cheyenne St
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
714-549-8516
wa6wzo@arrl.org
Vice Director:
Art Goddard, W6XD
2901 Palau Pl
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
714-556-4396
w6xd@arrl.org
West Gulf Division (West Gulf Division home page)
Director:
Coy C. Day, N5OK
RR1, Box 254
Union City, OK 73090-9726
405-483-5632
n5ok@arrl.org
Vice Director:
Dr. David A. Woolweaver, K5RAV
2210 So. 77 Sunshine Strip
Harlingen, TX 78550
956-425-3128
k5rav@arrl.org
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