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July 2nd 05, 03:14 AM

wrote in news:1120209984.177412.284160
@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com:

KØHB wrote:

Is "human nature" different in the USA?

Probably not - but "culture" sure is!

For that matter, is "human nature"
different between 1.8 and 2.0 MHz, where US hams themselves
provide the "type of
discipline" to sort things out without FCC micromanaging it?

There have already been problems on 160 because some folks won't follow
the voluntary bandplan. Already been a proposal to FCC that would
impose subbands-by-mode on 160.

73 de Jim, N2EY

Again, the league's bandplan differs from the IARU's. The IARU sets aside
all of the amateur exclusive section (1810-1850) as a DX window, and makes
that half CW (1810-1830) and half phone (1830-1850). Now let's see, what do
the league recognise as a DX window? Isn't the whole thing 1830-1835? And
don't they assume that to be CW? - In the phone half! But, the bandplan is
voluntary, that is whichever one of them you choose to follow, or none. The
only real problem is that the league's version legitimises the local old
fart's net on 1845, for example, instead of placing it properly in the DX
window. Not that they would have to move anyway, because it's voluntary.
That's what voluntary means.

73 de Alun, N3KIP