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Subj: Re: AUSSIES AND THE 40 METER BAND
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> " QST de W1AW
> ARRL Bulletin 45 ARLB045
>>From ARRL Headquarters
> Newington CT July 11, 2003
> To all radio amateurs
>
> SB QST ARL ARLB045
> ARLB045 7 MHz realignment compromise makes radio history
>
> In an 11th-hour compromise, delegates to World Radiocommunication
> Conference 2003 (WRC-03) agreed to move broadcasters out of 7100 to
> 7200 kHz in Regions 1 and 3 to make room for the Amateur Service.
>
> The expanded worldwide allocation at 40 meters goes into effect on
> March 29, 2009. Amateurs in the US and the rest of Region 2 will
> continue to enjoy the 7000 to 7300 kHz band they now have, but with
> greatly reduced broadcasting interference.
>
> The compromise marked the first time in the history of internationally
> coordinated radio spectrum allocation that an HF broadcasting band was
> shifted to accommodate the needs of another service.
Oh dear we better stop here otherwise I wont be able to stop laughing.
Lets take a look again at that last statement.
>> The compromise marked the first time in the history of internationally
>> coordinated radio spectrum allocation that an HF broadcasting band was
>> shifted to accommodate the needs of another service.
Total nonesense !
The *TRUTH* is that amateurs are only being given back what was taken from
them!
It was the amateurs that were booted out to accomodate broadcasters.
To prove it lets take a look at the history of the 40m amateur band.
7.000 - 7.300 Mhz was EXCLUSIVE Region 1 amateur allocation in 1929 according
to a book written by F.J. Camm in the same period.
7.000 - 7.300 Mhz was EXCLUSIVE Region 1 amateur allocation until 1938,
source - the Wireless Institiute of Australia's own website.
By at least 1960, our status had been reduced to 7.000 - 7.150 Mhz, source
Radio & Television Engineers Reference Book 3rd edition edited by none other
than J.P Hawker G3VA.
The *FACTS* are that 7.00 - 7.300 had been EXCLUSIVE amateur allocation since
Marconi was a lad and that it had been TAKEN from amateurs for broadcasting
pointless propaganda.
So the reality is that we amateurs are only being given what was *ALREADY
OURS*
in the first place.
It's also interesting to note that the term EXCLUSIVE means nothing.
No protection against anything.
We owe thanks to NOBODY, and no amount of waffle from a bunch of amateur
half wits will change my mind.
- Andy -
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