[RTTY] ARRL BOD minutes and NAQP RTTY QRM

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

> but precedent would indicate that the 200 watt limit would be applied
> to all license classes, not just Technician class.

Not necessarily.  Technicians are currently limited to 200W CW on
3525-5600, 7025-7125, 21,025-21,200 and 28,000-28,300 and 200W PEP
SSB from 28,300-28,500.  Other classes are not restricted to that
200W PEP output limit.

It would be "a good thing" to expand the 80 meter narrowband segment
by 50 KHz (to 3650) but there is no reason to establish separate
Technician class digital sub-bands.  The goal of allowing Techs to
experience digital modes can be achieved simply by adding 60H0J2B
(PSK31) and 350HF1B/350HJ2B (45.45 baud/170 Hz shift Baudot RTTY) to
the CW and SSB authorization in 97.307f(10)

73,

    ... Joe, W4TV


On 2014-07-31 1:01 PM, Jeff Stai wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 9:23 AM, Tim Shoppa <tshoppa at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>> Create a 10 kHz Technician Digital Subband with a limit of 200 watts in
>> the
>>> 80m, 40m, and 15m bands. Digital modes would be limited to RTTY and
>>> PSK. The subbands would be 3,600-3,610 kHz (moving the bottom of the
>>> Extra phone band to 3,610 kHz), 7,115- 7,125 kHz, and 21.190-21.200 MHz.
>>
>> There's some good connotations in this proposal, and some bad connotations.
>> My gut reaction:
>>
>> I'd be all for expanding RTTY on 80M. Right now anything above 3600 is
>> forbidden to US RTTY although it does get pressed into service by EU hams
>> in the big RTTY contests as there's no space left lower on 80M.
>>
>
> That was my first reaction as well, and agree. However - I haven't seen the
> actual proposed rule if it even exists yet - but precedent would indicate
> that the 200 watt limit would be applied to all license classes, not just
> Technician class. So yes you could go there during the WW but you would
> have to crank down the watts as a HP station. 73 jeff wk6i
>
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