[RTTY] Fw: Good News From the FCC

Schmidt-Eutingen joheschmidt at gmx.de
Mon Apr 2 13:57:38 PDT 2012


What a pity, that I am not an American !!!!!


:-)  ;-) ;-)     Heinz DK7UM


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Turner" <dezrat1242 at yahoo.com>
To: "RTTYReflector" <rtty at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2012 8:54 PM
Subject: [RTTY] Good News From the FCC


Forwarded email:

Official Bulletin
Federal Communications Commission
April 1, 2012

Due to the great success of the recent reorganization of the 60 meter band, 
the FCC has decided to take it a step further.

Effective today, the FCC has created 700,000 new channels in the 60 meter 
band and one channel will be assigned to each licensed amateur. Every Radio 
Amateur in America will now have their own frequency.

Because of this, the other bands are no longer necessary and have been shut 
down.

Since everyone now has their own frequency, the terms "QRM" and "QSY"
are no longer needed and have been stricken from the Amateur's
Dictionary.

The Apple Computer Company has acquired the old bands for use with their new 
sPad (s for shortwave) and in return, will pay off the National Debt. Many 
thanks, Apple - we wondered how that was gonna happen!

At Apple's request, one small change will be made in Part 97. Everywhere the 
word "watts" appears, it will be changed to "microwatts". Seems simple 
enough. Should be no problem.

A great day for all Radio Amateurs! Write it down - April 1, 2012.

73, Bill W6WRT
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