[RTTY] Fwd: Southeastern Division Survey Question

[Al Kozakiewicz]

I think this is a great idea.  Technicians are mainly phone operators and their HF experience is limited to 10M, which has been decent in terms of propagation for the last couple years.  Now that we're heading into 5-8 years (at least) of low sunspot activity it would be a great time to get them hooked on HF and provide an extra incentive to upgrade.

Al
AB2ZY

-----Original Message-----
From: RTTY [mailto:rtty-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of W0MU Mike Fatchett
Sent: Monday, June 30, 2014 10:11 PM
To: rtty at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [RTTY] Fwd: Southeastern Division Survey Question

Why not just study for a couple of hours and pass the general test.

This must be another Winlink thing.

Mike W0MU

On 6/30/2014 7:56 PM, Ron Kolarik wrote:
> Just got this, not sure what the point is though. Most techs only have 
> an HT and not interested in HF.....yet.
>
> Ron
> K0IDT
>
>> From: "ARRL Members Only Web site" <memberlist at www.arrl.org>
>> Subject: Southeastern Division Survey Question With the July Board 
>> Meeting a little less than a month away, Vice Director Mike Lee and I 
>> are busy getting ready. While in Birmingham a few months ago for the 
>> Hamfest, a member explained an idea that he had.
>> I've discussed the idea with other Board members and have come up 
>> with a potential motion to present to the Board in July. In deciding 
>> whether to bring the motion to the Board, I want to solicit input 
>> from the membership.
>>
>> In the days when the Technician written exam was the same as the 
>> General, with 5 wpm CW versus 13 wpm separating them, Novices and 
>> Technicians worked CW in the Novice subbands, polishing their 
>> operating skills and listening to all of the great DX out of reach in 
>> the General subbands-especially on 20m. This provided both a training 
>> grounds for new licensees and an enticement to upgrade to General and beyond.
>>
>> The idea of the proposal is to try to recapture the motivation for 
>> upgrading and advancing within our hobby that previously existed 
>> through the Novice Sub-bands.
>>
>> Proposal:
>>
>> 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 KHz.
>> This mirrors the bands and power levels where Technicians already 
>> have CW privileges (Technicians already have digital privileges on 
>> 10m at 200w).
>>
>> This would take a rule change by the FCC.
>>
>> Request:
>>
>> If you support the idea, send an email before 7/5/2014 to 
>> yes at arrlse.org that includes your callsign in the body of the email.
>>
>> If you oppose the idea, send an email before 7/5/2014 to 
>> no at arrlse.org that includes your callsign in the body of the email.
>>
>> Please only send one email and share this information with as many 
>> amateurs as possible.
>>
>> Thanks & 73, de K4AC
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------
>> ARRL Southeastern Division
>> Director: Doug Rehman, K4AC
>> k4ac at arrl.org
>> ----------------------------------------------------------
>>
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