[RTTY] ARRL Bandwidth Proposal - FCC Invites Comments

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

Jim,

ARRL and others promoting regulation by bandwidth have stated
that the bandwidth limits are maximum and not minimum.  Thus
"conventional" RTTY would receive a significant expansion in
the available spectrum.  RTTY (digital) would no longer be
excluded from the "phone bands."

In general the most objectionable portions of the ARRL proposal
are:

  1) the lack of required "listen before transmit" protocols
     for any station which automatically responds to calls
     (also known as "semi-automatic operation").

  2) the lack of a requirement that all digital protocols be
     published and freely available in working form to enable
     monitoring and "self-policing"

  3) the lack of bandwidth regulation in 160 meters

  4) the wideband allocation on 30 meters.

73,

    ... Joe, W4TV




> -----Original Message-----
> From: rtty-bounces at contesting.com
> [mailto:rtty-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Jim Preston
> Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 11:46 AM
> To: rtty at contesting.com
> Subject: [RTTY] ARRL Bandwidth Proposal - FCC Invites Comments
>
>
> The FCC is inviting comments on the bandwidth proposal.
> Details are on
> the ARRL site at this url:
>
> http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2006/01/09/2/?nc=1
>
> I suggest that every RTTY op take a close look at this, in particular
> the limitations on 500 Hz bandwidth. While this won't have much of an
> impact on day to day operations, it could have a major impact on
> contesting. Using the ARRL RTTY RU as an example, I would have lost
> for 10 to almost 30 percent of my contacts depending on how the
> frequency chart is interpreted.
>
> The bands were very crowded during the contest, and would
> have been more so if we had these rules in place.
>
> The frequency charts are somewhat confusing. If the upper
> frequency for each bandwidth is enforced, then CW ops will lose
> frequency privileges as well.
>
> This proposal looks like an attempt to keep RTTY away from
> CW, and also to expand the phone bands in some cases.
>
> Check out the proposal and see what you think. Comments to
> the FCC are due Feb. 6.
>
> 73,
>
> Jim N6VH
>
>
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