[CQ-Contest] Frequency Conservation

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

Bill, 

> 1. Digital operation is permitted anywhere in the 160 meter band, as
> are phone and CW.

We weren't talking about 160 meters which seems to have "special status" 
and be exempt from the FCC's own logic in the Report and Order: 

   | We believe that separation of emission types by bandwidth is
   | accepted in the amateur service as a reasonable means to minimize 
   | interference on shared frequencies and bands

> 2. Digital activity is rare above 3600 already. 

Bull - there is considerable domestic digital activity above 3600.  
You may not hear it because you don't tune that high during contests 
and don't listen at other times.  

> 3. Likewise, because of Region 1 and 3 allocations, RTTY contest
> activity has pretty much shifted to the 7030-7045 area already.

Again, you are being extremely myopic. Digital activity does not 
begin and end with the major RTTY contests.  There is a significant 
level of domestic digital activity above 7075.  All of that activity 
- plus the automated digital systems - will be forced below 7075.

Not only will the loss of half of the current digital spectrum 
on 80 and 40 meters impact digital operations, that displaced  
digital activity will negatively impact CW operations as the 
digital activity (and state/section nets) find a new homes between 
3540-3575 and 7040-7075.  Anyone who believes otherwise does not 
know the extent of non-contest activity or is whistling past the 
graveyard. 

73, 

   ... Joe, W4TV 
       
 


> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com 
> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Bill Turner
> Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 12:23 PM
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Frequency Conservation
> 
> 
> ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
> 
> On Fri, 13 Oct 2006 21:06:46 -0400, "Joe Subich, W4TV"
>  <w4tv at subich.com> wrote:
> 
> >Not true ... digital operation is not permitted in spectrum 
> >allocated to phone.  The changes on 80 and 40 will push a 
> >substantial amount of domestic digital activity right into 
> >the middle of Advanced/General/Novice/Tech+ CW activity and 
> >will result is a substantial problem. 
> 
> ------------ REPLY FOLLOWS ------------
> 
> One factual error and two differences of opinion in the above.
> 
> 1. Digital operation is permitted anywhere in the 160 meter band, as
> are phone and CW.
> 
> 2. Digital activity is rare above 3600 already. Little change is
> expected. Even during major contests, 3570-3600 is pretty much wide
> open. In more than a hundred contests I have never had a problem
> finding an open frequency there.
> 
> 3. Likewise, because of Region 1 and 3 allocations, RTTY contest
> activity has pretty much shifted to the 7030-7045 area already. Only
> on purely domestic contests such as the Sprint and NAQP is there
> significant activity in the 7080-7100 area, and that could easily move
> sown with no significant impact, especially considering the power
> limits of those two contests.
> 
> The sky is still intact. :-)
> 
> Bill, W6WRT
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