[RTTY] ARRL Bandwidth Proposal

[Peter Laws]

On 4/14/05, Skip Teller <hteller at comcast.net> wrote:
> The ARRL Executive Committee has just published the proposed ARRL petition to segment the
> bands by bandwidth instead of by mode.
> 
> You can read the news release here:
> 
> http://www.remote.arrl.org/news/stories/2005/04/13/1/?nc=1
> 
> It might be a good idea to figure out how it will impact RTTY contesting and DXing if the
> FCC agrees and then send your comments to bandwidth at arrl.org and to your Division Director.

I did read it - thanks for the link.  I should know this, but since
I'm at work, apparently I've forgotten: What is the bandwidth of a 170
Hz-shift RTTY signal?  It's more than 170 Hz, but by how much!?

Also, this "semi-auto" thing seems like a pretty big loophole ...


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