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Sheesh I can't spell (RE: QRP in the novice subbands)

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Darwin, Keith

Sheesh I can't spell (RE: QRP in the novice subbands)

That's "QRP Dudes" not "QRP duded"
And it meant to say "no high power amps" not "now high power amps"

Theere, I fele bettetr now thta we haev taht all cleraed up!

- Keith KD1E -

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Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 8:20 AM
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Subject: RE: [Elecraft] QRP in the novice subbands

Wow, great info Jim,

Buy I still wonder why we QRP duded didn't decide to have the QRP
frequencies in the low power section of the band. I suspect it is
because there aren't any signals there ;-)

And yes, 30 m is one of my favorite bands because it has no phone
signals and now high power amps. If you hear them they're "in your
league" and can be worked.

- Keith KD1E -

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From: [hidden email] [mailto:[hidden email]]
Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 7:28 AM
To: [hidden email]; Darwin, Keith
Cc: [hidden email]
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] QRP in the novice subbands

In a message dated 10/19/05 11:37:44 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[hidden email] writes:

Well, the big problem is -- there are no more Novices!

Yes, there are! Also Tech Pluses and "Techs-with-HF", who have the same
privileges as Novices.

30 years ago,

when I was first licensed, the Novice class was common. FCC
hasn't
issued a Novice license for years now, and anyone who would meet
the
requirements would now be a General.

These are the numbers of current, unexpired
amateur radio licenses held by individuals
on the stated dates, and the percentage of
the total number of active licenses that
class contains:

As of May 14, 2000:

Novice - 49,329 (7.3%)
Technician - 205,394 (30.4%)
Technician Plus - 128,860 (19.1%)
General - 112,677 (16.7%)
Advanced - 99,782 (14.8%)
Extra - 78,750 (11.7%)

Total Tech/TechPlus - 334,254 (49.5%)

Total all classes - 674,792

As of October 15, 2005:

Novice - 27,606 (4.2%) [decrease of 21,723]
Technician - 272,111 (41.0%) [increase of 66,717)
Technician Plus - 45,994 (6.9%) [decrease of 82,866]
General - 135,881 (20.5%) [increase of 23,204]
Advanced - 75,043 (11.3%) [decrease of 24,739]
Extra - 107,178 (16.1%) [increase of 28,428]

Total Tech/TechPlus - 318,105 (47.9%) [decrease of 16,149]

Total all classes - 663,788 (decrease of 11,004)

Note that these totals do not include licenses
that have expired but are in the grace period.

They also do not include club, military, RACES
or other station-only licenses.

Note also that effective April 15, 2000, new
Novice, Technician Plus and Advanced licenses
are no longer issued.

Since April 15, 2000, FCC has renewed all existing
Technician Plus licenses as Technician. It is therefore
informative to consider the totals of the two classes,
since the Technician class includes a significant
number of Technician Plus licenses renewed as
Technician.

So, they are, indeed, a waste.

> I'd like to
> see the subbands absorbed back into the main band plan. Give

> another 25
> KC to SSB, move digital stuff up a bit and give more space to
CW as
> well.

Sounds like a good idea.

Except there's no separation between Morse Code and data modes on those
subbands, at least in the USA. Data modes aren't allowed in the HF
'phone image subbands, but outside them, all the data modes share the
same space as Morse Code. Only good operating practice keeps them apart.

The FCC has already received a similar

petition from the ARRL.

I don't think that petition has been filed yet. It proposes regulation
by signal bandwidth, not mode. It has some good ideas and some flaws.

I think the FCC is just biding it's time

until it can make a bunch of rules at one whack.

No - just the opposite. Currently the only pending NPRM is about Morse
Code testing (05-235) . Comments on that one close at the end of this
month.

There were 18 petitions to FCC from mid-2003 to mid-2005 about changing
license classes, Morse Code and written testing, new entry-level license
classes, subbands, and a whole bunch more. They all got RM numbers and
comments. FCC replied to all 18 petitions by 05-235, which proposes to
simply drop Element 1 (the 5 wpm code test) and make no other changes at
all.

The ARRL regulation by bandwidth petition is a separate deal.

For a good QRP band, there's always 30m, too. No Novices, but it
is
restricted to 200 watt PEP just the same.

Yup - because it's shared.

--

For a snapshot of current US licensing, see:

http://www.arrl.org/fcc/stats.html

73 de Jim, N2EY

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