[SECC] 160 plan

Dan/W4NTI w4nti@mindspring.com
Fri, 1 Feb 2002 18:38:07 -0600


Now there is a revealing comment if I ever heard one.

Dan/W4NTI


> I also talked to the new FCC Chairman recently and his first question was
> why don't hams work the new (more efficient...his words)
> modes such as digital PSK31 and now digital voice?   His feedback is that
> PSK31 is far better than CW for weak signal and SSB is not even in the
> ballpark!  He told the group I was in that if amateur radio is to survive
> with the existing frequencies (especially the UHF ones) we must start
using
> new modes.   Amateur radio was the leader in SSB, packet and effective
moon
> bounce in the past.
>



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