Dave
I do remember proposals and comments but no one wanted a bandplan and I
thought that was the end, just a free for all and at the time everyone was
on CW or the QRSCW. I do not remember any mention of a data mode slot.;
mal/g3kev

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Sergeant" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, June 21, 2010 6:50 AM
Subject: LF: Re: 137 band


> On 21 Jun 2010 at 1:23, mal hamilton wrote:
>
> > I am only quoting how the band has been used since the beginning ie this
> > is how it evolved. The band has been 100% CW and QRSCW until recently.
> > This band was not intended for spread spectrum modes to suit appliance
> > operators. I do not recall any discussion about a RSGB band plan and the
> > RSGB is but a small player in the world wide context. I would like to
> > know who discussed and implemented this plan since I was never consulted
> > and being a consistant user since the band was first licensed to radio
> > amateurs. My last count was over 30 countries worked on normal CW world
> > wide. I shall be using the band in the traditional way and work DX on
> > any frequency where it appears in the CW mode. g3kev .
> >
>
> Firstly the band plan is the IARU Region 1 bandplan, reissued by the
> RSGB to include local differences on frequencies above 430MHz. The
> 136kHz bandplan was agreed by the IARU and is the same in all Region 1
> countries. At one time it was published as a 'suggested operating
> allocation' rather than a rigid bandplan but that seems to have been
> changed.
>
> I know you have been on this reflector for many years. The bandplan has
> been discussed here extensively (and fiercely) in the early days of
> 136kHz around the turn of the millenium and I could certainly dig out
> some reference emails from my archive. There was a strong feeling to
> keep the lower part of the band exclusive to CW apart from the small
> area just above 135.8 to be used for transatlantic QRSS tests. I
> believe PSK was used on the band at one time. Whether there is a need
> to increase the current data area is open to debate, but the current
> bandplan is exactly what was agreed by this reflector.
>
> If you don't remember those discussions Mal I am afraid your memory is
> beginning to fade.
>
> 73 Dave G3YMC
>
> http://www.davesergeant.com
>
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