i WONDER AS USUAL WHY ARRL SPECIFIED MODES ON 60 METERS NO ONE ELSE DID, JUST COMPLIANCE ON THE CHNLS.
The answer to your question is no, NTIA did not request or mandate that amateur operators limit digital operations on the five 5 MHz channels to only the PACTOR-III and PSK31 digital protocols. Other than the power limit of 100 Watts, the only other restriction that NTIA requested was that each channel would be considered a single spot frequency and that amateurs, no matter what mode was in use, ensure that their carrier is centered n the assigned frequencies.
With regards to interoperability… NTIA, in its correspondence to the FCC, did note that most of the digital modes used by amateurs other than CW and RTTY did not offer much possibility of federal to amateur interoperability.
Let me know if I can be of any further help…
Stephen R. Veader
Department of Commerce,
National Telecommunications and
Information Administration,
Emergency Planning & Public Safety Div.
Office: xxx-xxx-xxxx
Cell: xxx-xxx-xxxx
Qsec: xxx-xxx-xxxx
xxxx@xxxx.xxx<mailto:xxxx@xxxx.xxx>
____________ _________ _________ __
DOCTOR/795
The answer to your question is no, NTIA did not request or mandate that amateur operators limit digital operations on the five 5 MHz channels to only the PACTOR-III and PSK31 digital protocols. Other than the power limit of 100 Watts, the only other restriction that NTIA requested was that each channel would be considered a single spot frequency and that amateurs, no matter what mode was in use, ensure that their carrier is centered n the assigned frequencies.
With regards to interoperability… NTIA, in its correspondence to the FCC, did note that most of the digital modes used by amateurs other than CW and RTTY did not offer much possibility of federal to amateur interoperability.
Let me know if I can be of any further help…
Stephen R. Veader
Department of Commerce,
National Telecommunications and
Information Administration,
Emergency Planning & Public Safety Div.
Office: xxx-xxx-xxxx
Cell: xxx-xxx-xxxx
Qsec: xxx-xxx-xxxx
xxxx@xxxx.xxx<mailto:xxxx@xxxx.xxx>
____________ _________ _________ __
DOCTOR/795
