Return-Path: Received: (qmail 28212 invoked from network); 19 May 2003 21:22:12 -0000 Received: from netmail01.services.quay.plus.net (212.159.14.219) by mailstore with SMTP; 19 May 2003 21:22:12 -0000 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Received: (qmail 2312 invoked by uid 10001); 19 May 2003 21:22:12 -0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Received: from post.thorcom.com (193.82.116.70) by netmail01.services.quay.plus.net with SMTP; 19 May 2003 21:22:12 -0000 X-SQ: A Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 19Hs4t-00050c-TN for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Mon, 19 May 2003 22:21:51 +0100 Received: from [64.12.136.163] (helo=imo-m08.mx.aol.com) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 19Hs4p-00050Q-6V for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Mon, 19 May 2003 22:21:47 +0100 Received: from WarmSpgs@aol.com by imo-m08.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v34.22.) id l.1d2.a00ffc8 (4410) for ; Mon, 19 May 2003 17:21:10 -0400 (EDT) From: WarmSpgs@aol.com Message-ID: <1d2.a00ffc8.2bfaa4c5@aol.com> Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 17:21:09 EDT To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 120 Subject: Re: LF: No LF Band in US Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.7 required=5.0tests=NO_REAL_NAMEversion=2.53 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.53 (1.174.2.15-2003-03-30-exp) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false In a message dated 5/19/03 3:18:39 PM Eastern Daylight Time, andre.kesteloot@verizon.net writes: << yes the FCC can, and does grant "Part 15" licenses. In fact AMRAD has held such a license to transmit on 136 kHz for several years >> A slight typo here. I believe Andre' is referring to Part 5 of the FCC Rules and Regulations, under which the FCC issues licenses for experimental work. Part 15 covers low power, license-free operation and incidental-radiation devices. It contains the provisions under which existing US LowFERs work. He is correct that Part 5 licensees can only communicate among stations covered by the same license. (And then, only if communication techniques are part of the authorized experimental program. A station that is authorized specifically for antenna testing, for instance, might only be allowed one-way transmission.) We do not have anything nearly as progressive as NoV under US ham rules. The closest we have under Part 97 is Special Temporary Authorization (STA), which allows for experimentation with non-standard modes or emission characteristics, but only within an existing recognized ham band. 73 John