Topband: 160 m use

[F8BPN]

Hi Lennart and all,

> Have you studied what IARU says about the 160 m bandplan?

It will depend in witch region you are living in. In region 1, which is 
Europe, Africa and Middle East, we have these band plan :
http://hf.ref-union.org/planhf/plan_des_bandes_hf.pdf
Sorry it is written in French, but I think you can undestand what you can do 
and where you can do it.

> To summarize: SSB is allowed "all over the place"!

No, that's not true, CW is allowed all over the place! not SSB

> We can never expect ITU or even the national authorities to take action in 
> order to divide this band into segments.

Right! you can never expect that, the national autorities gives you the 
bands with the bands limits and they don't want to know what radioamators 
are doing inside.
This is why the IARU delagates are building band plans at almost every 
conference, and so for different reasons.
Mainly, because the bands limits changed, or because some modes are more 
used than other, or just because some people are not in agree with the band 
plan in used.

> With the present statements from IARU any narrow band mode is allowed 
> anywhere on 160.
That's not exactly that,
from 1810 to 1838 kHz, it is a CW segment
from 1838 to 1840 kHz it is a narrow band mode up to 500 Hz bandwidth
from 1840 to 2000 kHz it is an all mode segment up to 2700 Hz bandwidth, 
with a digimodes segment from 1840 to 1843 kHz.

> I suggest we all take action to have frequencies below 1830 protected from 
> anything but CW.
> Above 1830 CW, SSB and RTTY should be allowed separately or in 
> combination, ie SSB/CW mixed QSO:s.

I suggest you to be in contact with your HF IARU R1 manager, the next 
confernece is planed to next agust in South Africa, you have until April 
12th to build your paper , to give it to your delegate to be sent in time to 
the IARU R1 secretary.
Your paper will be discust down there, and if all the national societies 
agree with you, the IARU R1 band plan for 160 m may be will change.

Take care and GL! See you on the band

73/88 de F8BPN, Mau
f8bpn at wanadoo.fr
http://ph-martin.pagesperso-orange.fr/f8bpn/index.htm

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lennart M" <lennart.michaelsson at telia.com>
To: "Topband" <topband at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 3:39 PM
Subject: Topband: 160 m use


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> Len
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