SV: Topband: Band plan violations

[Ole Forr]

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Fra: Dave Henderson (by way of Bill Tippett <btippett@alum.mit.edu>) <nr1dx@tellink.net>
Til: topband@contesting.com <topband@contesting.com>
Dato: 24. februar 2002 22:00
Emne: Topband: Band plan violations


>. Thanks to OT2T who finally started listening up. 


The real problem is that you were working a "pirate".  NO EU stations are allowed to work SSB below 1840 according to the IARU REGION 1 BAND PLAN.  If EU stations should followed the plan they have had the 1840 - 1850 segment to operate inside.  In Norway we have got permisson to work from 1840 - 2000 kHz with  1000 watts SSB DURING THE 4 MAIN SSB CONTESTS.  At the IARU Reg. 1 meating at Lillehammer some years ago Norway tryed to get enough votes to allow to use SSB during the contests between 1810 and up.  We did not get enough votes and I know the countries who vote against this. (Still a lot of this countries BIGG CONTEST STATIONS operate below 1840.  As far as I know the "Band plan" is only a recomadation ?  Could it be a "Gentelman agreement" to set the bandplan aside during the SSB contest's, as I said before it's only 4 weekends a year ??  In Europe we have NO problems with SSB operators below 1840 357 days pr. year, hi.  The problem on 160 SSB is not the activity it's more the lack of activity.  And to the last.  WHY is not the "DX" operating SSB??

LA6EIA OLE
(I love operating SSB on 160!!)