[CQ-Contest] 160m DX window dead?

[Joe Subich, K4IK]

The excerpt below explains exactly why the committee did not 
go far enough.  The ARRL Board simply lacks the guts to ask the 
FCC to establish a the same reasonable regulatory separation 
between wideband and narrow band modes that exist on every other 
amateur allocation below 30 MHz. 

The committee's work will be wasted without a firm regulatory 
backing ... Riley's statement that anyone who fails to observe 
the bandplan is guilty of failing to observe good amateur 
practice notwithstanding.  As I have maintained for more than 
fifteen years, the Commission should put a regulatory fence at 
1855 ... such a division leaves plenty of room for both wide 
and narrow modes (other than for those too lazy to do the 
necessary antenna work). 



-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Frenaye
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 7:17 PM
To: Jimk8mr at aol.com; cq-contest at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] 160m DX window dead?

The Committee recognizes that such recommendations will be difficult to 
enforce, and may not be followed by many. The Committee is attempting, 
however, through these recommendations, to address a concern which was 
raised by numerous individuals providing input, and asking that a segment 
of the band be available for the CW operators where SSB operators cannot 
go during a contest, and vice versa.


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