Topband: OT: 60M/TB digital

[MIKE DURKIN]

Im not sure if there is a group discussing digital to voice/cw spacing on 60m. Granted you can't do that at all, considering the current plan, but maybe having 2 channels for digital would be better....

Mike KC7NOA 

> Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 09:58:57 -0400
> From: lists at subich.com
> To: topband at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: Topband: TB digital
> 
> 
> On 9/17/2012 8:53 AM, mstangelo at comcast.net wrote:
>  >
>  > I problem is the IARU region 1, 2 and 3 band plans do not line up.
> 
> No, the problem is that Americans still believe in the fiction of 
> "priority for international QSOs".  This means that New England will
> be working their local Europeans while Caribbean to Alaska, W7, VE6/7
> or even W5/8/9/0 to EU and Africa will be precluded by the W1/W2/VE1
> stations working the same few EU stations night after night and contest
> after contest.
> 
> Activity on any mode will concentrate where the DX is.  Look at RTTY
> on 40 meters - there is very little US/Region 2 activity left in the
> traditional 7080 KHz range - it has all moved into the "international
> area" around 7035-7040.  The solution on both 160 and 40 meters is to
> move SSB *UP* and create a reasonable,  10-15 KHz (certainly more
> than 2 or 3 KHz) wide digital enclave between the CW and SSB centers
> of activity.
> 
> US band plans have been historically W1/W2 centered - witness the
> original 160 DX window at 1825-1830 then 1830-1835 and ARRL's flat
> out opposition to separate allocations for CW/SSB on 160 in the early
> 1980's and push for unregulated automated digital systems in the late
> 1980's (I too, have correspondence with the Commission on *both*
> matters).  Unless the attitude to spectrum planning becomes what
> works best for all users and organizations like ARRL put their clout
> behind making bandplans work of all user instead pf just the favored
> few we will be having this debate for another 30 years.
> 
> 73,
> 
>     ... Joe, W4TV
> 
> 
> On 9/17/2012 8:53 AM, mstangelo at comcast.net wrote:
> > Tom,
> >
> > I problem is the IARU region 1, 2 and 3 band plans do not line up. The region 1 160 band starts at 1.810Mhz so the IARU Region2 pansis useless for DX digital communications. All regions should align modes.
> >
> > If ALL l regions decide on 1830 to1840 for digital modes we should follow the recommendation.
> >
> > Digital modes are the future. It will give those hams who have limited real estate and monetary resources to enjoy the topband.
> >
> > Mike N2MS
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Tom W8JI <w8ji at w8ji.com>
> > To: Topband at contesting.com
> > Sent: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 11:33:03 -0000 (UTC)
> > Subject: Re: Topband: TB digital
> >
> > I'm not surprised some of us don't know the band or history of use, or have
> > not read IARU bandplans. What I wish we could do, is be a little nicer to
> > each other as we learn things from each other.
> >
> > <snip>
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