"K0HB" wrote in message
news:ed9e3d3ed0c3403349a2a6882a98d900.128005@mygat e.mailgate.org...
"Joe Collins" wrote in message


....what will happen to the exclusive CW allocations....

Except in the USA, most amateurs do not labor under "sub-bands" based on
mode. As an example Canadian amateur have no such restrictions. It's a
source of continuing wonder to me that the FCC continues to arbitrarily
slice and dice the bands based on mode, license class, power levels, and
similar artificial constructs of their imagination.

73, de Hans, K0HB

PS: There are no "exclusive CW allocations" below 50MHz.

Keep in mind that the US has over 600,000 amateurs. The only other country
with similar numbers is Japan, most of whom are limited to very low power
operation however. If Japan is excluded, all the other countries combined
don't have as many amateurs as the US. The foreign countries do have band
plans. Unfortunately they do not honor these band plans during contests. It
is unlikely that the US would do any better in following voluntary band
plans so with our numbers of hams, it may very well be wiser to keep
regulated restrictions.

Dee D. Flint, N8UZE