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Nope - because Morse operators, in general, voluntarily stay out
of the 'phone/image subbands.

Ah, yes, I see. The hams have VOLUNTARILY sorted out where to
transmit. In other words, a regulation wasn't needed. What a
concept!

But would U.S. phone ops VOLUNTARILY stay up the bands and out of
the segments historically inhabited by the CW and digital users if
they were not restrained from doing so?

Not in our lifetimes.

73, de Hans, K0HB

w3rv



Yes and no. 99.99% of us would stay within the IARU bandplan, but that
includes large swathes of phone spectrum where we aren't allowed to go
by the current FCC rules. Voluntary means we get to choose the
bandplan, and I would choose IARU Region 2, not ARRL.

I plead ignorance of the IARU bandplans. Do you have a link to 'em??

Even without seeing them yet I like the concept.

w3rv


This is a link to the IARU HF bandplans:-

http://www.iaru-region2.org/hf_e.htm

This has all three regions on it, although published on the Region 2 web
site, so probably most up to date for that region (the one the US happens
to be in).

If we had a voluntary system in the US, as per most other countries, this
is the bandplan I would go by. OTOH, the ARRL bandplan necessarily
incorporates the current restrictions on phone. They might change it, or
might not, but then I am not a member...

For those who haven't followed the link, the phone segments for R2 start at
1840, 3635, 7050, 14112, 18110.5, 21150.5, 24930.5 and 28225. In fact,
phone is allowed somewhat lower down on a non-interference basis, but if
you want that info you'll have to actually read the thing!

73 de Alun, N3KIP