[CQ-Contest] Band Plans

[Albert Crespo]

In Senegal, we are allowed to operate SSB from 7000 KHz to 7.1 KHz. The 
licensing authority has not yet allowed operation from 7.1 to 7.2 KHz.
73, Albert, 6W1RY
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andrei Stchislenok" <asnp3d at gmail.com>
To: "K1TTT" <K1TTT at arrl.net>
Cc: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2009 12:43 PM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Band Plans


>
> I was always wondering why many stations using 40 meters band working SSB 
> on
> or about 7.020 - 7.007 MHz for example? Regardless of geographical
> locations.
> As fas as I am aware, the *lowest frequency allowed for SSB mode is 7.040
> MHz* in all Countries, this is like a small segment of that so called
> "universal Plan"...
> Isn't this a reason to DQ such violators?
>
> 73's Andrei EW1AR-NP3D
>
> 2009/6/7 K1TTT <K1TTT at arrl.net>
>
>> Because each country can issue regulations that restrict frequencies and
>> modes differently.  Also, band plans are just that 'plans'... Plans can 
>> not
>> be reasonably expected to handle all circumstances.  For example, 
>> planning
>> for 20khz on 20m for FSK RTTY may handle normal weekday operating, but 
>> let
>> an expedition come on or a big rtty contest start up and 20khz just isn't
>> enough.  To expect operators to restrict themselves to the 'planned' 
>> 20khz
>> when there is lots of mostly unused spectrum on either side that they can
>> legally use is unreasonable.
>>
>>
>> David Robbins K1TTT
>> e-mail: mailto:k1ttt at arrl.net
>> web: http://www.k1ttt.net
>> AR-Cluster node: 145.69MHz or telnet://dxc.k1ttt.net
>>
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Steve and Judy [mailto:hodgson at cytanet.com.cy]
>> > Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2009 06:42
>> > To: cq-contest at contesting.com
>> > Subject: [CQ-Contest] Band Plans
>> >
>> >
>> > Why do we not have a ''realistic'' Universal Band Plan ?
>> >
>> >
>> > 73 Steve  ZC4LI
>> >
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