[UK-CONTEST] Band-Plan vs Common Sense!

[Mike Farmer]

Don is 100% correct hear, I would never advocate mandatory band plans.
However with all the different modes now available is it possible to turn
the facts that Don presents into a case for no band plans.


Mike G3VAO

>
> 1. Almost certainly there would be pressure to considerably extend the
> allocations for datamodes (RTTY, MFSK, PSK, and other new ones appearing
> almost every week).
> 2. Almost certainly a call for reserved frequencies for other specialist
> modes (SSTV, experimental digital voice, etc, etc?)
> 3. Almost certainly a call for reserved frequencies for other special
> interests (as against modes), e.g. QRP, DX working, IOTA, etc.
> 4. A squeezing of the CW allocation on 40. CW operators have enjoyed
> extraordinary good fortune on 40, having a much higher percentage of the
> band than on other bands. I don't see how that could continue. Indeed, as
CW
> operators have 100% of 30m nowadays (didn't exist when the 40m bandplan
was
> formulated), SSB operators might well argue for 100% of 40m!
>
> Where would this leave us? Probably with large segments of the bands which
> were empty for much of the time, while other parts were overcrowded.
> Rigidity rather than flexibility. And a bandplan that would have to change
> every few years as activity levels changed and new modes were developed.
And
> who would police it? What action would be taken against violators?
>
> I rather suspect this is a case of the old adage which runs something
like,
> "Be careful what you wish for. Your wish might just come true, but with
> unexpected consequences".
>