Hi Toni and LF/MF Group,
As promised, I have been in contact with the NRRL representative
responsible for initiating this proposal, our HF Manager LA4LN. I
communicated to him the general opinion of the MF community about the
proposed band plan, indicating that it is too early for rulemaking. In
addition, I said that such a proposal should be discussed with the users
(in this case just a handfull in Norway) before any suggestions for
rulemaking are forwarded to the IARU.
The NRRL HF Manager responded by saying that this proposal was
coordinated with IARU Region 1 HF Chairman DK4VW, who welcomed such a
proposal. Both officials feel that it is important to discuss
frequency/mode issues for 630 meter at the the forthcoming Vienna
meeting in April because of the long lead times (years) required for
gaining approval to new plans.
Whichever way we feel about a bandplan for 630 meter, it is important to
inform our representatives about this before the issue is discussed at
the meeting in Vienna.
73 de Robert, LA4ANA
--- In [email protected], "Anton (Toni)" wrote:
>
> NRRL is proposing a band plan for 630m
> What do you think about it?
> 73 de Toni, HB9ASB
>
> Recommendation
> From the viewpoints of NRRL we would (at the time being) like to
present the
> following proposal for a 630 m IARU Region 1 bandplan:
> 472 - 479 kHz (630 m)
> 472 - 475 kHz CW only – maximum bandwidth 200 Hz
> 472.000 - 472.150 CW Beacons only (IARU coordinated)
> 472.150 - 472.300 CW QRSS
> 472.600 CW DX Calling
> 474.750 CW Calling
> 475 - 479 kHz CW + digimodes – maximum bandwidth 500 Hz
> Contests should be discouraged in this very narrow 630 m band where
radio
> amateurs are secondary users.
> Comment:
> NRRL feels that it will be premature to further subdivide different
digimodes. This
> may be better to do at the next conference, if necessary, after
considering
> experiences.
>
