FCC drops morse code requirement for all HAM licenses
 

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote in
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1958 when it was moved from the 400 MHz band.

I remember it well - my Dad was apoplectic when they did it. :)


Hmm...I thought it was '56. I stand rejected.

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FCC drops morse code requirement for all HAM licenses
 

Wayne.B wrote in
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I was in the last year of my Novice ticket, first year of my Tech
license. 6 meter DX was all the rage that year, a really hot sun spot
cycle.



Lunchbox or were you one of the rich Gonset 6M hams...(c;

Ahh...the reassuring glow of a 4-65 Gonset 6M linear lighting up the room
through the window in it....

I built a 4X150 6M linear, but moved to 2M in the 60's in high school.
At the time, we built some KW plumbing linears with a pair of 4CX250B's
in push-pull mounted inside a copper pipe H. Man, that thing would put
out the watts into a pair of 11 element phased beams pointed at the moon.



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FCC drops morse code requirement for all HAM licenses
 

On Thu, 28 Dec 2006 23:15:26 -0500, Larry wrote:

Lunchbox or were you one of the rich Gonset 6M hams...(c;

Ahh...the reassuring glow of a 4-65 Gonset 6M linear lighting up the room
through the window in it....

No, I was strictly a homebrew guy in those days although we did have a
doctor in town who had the fancy Gonset linear. He used to bring it
out for the Field Day contest in June and it was definitely cool to
watch that plate glowing through the window.

My 6m rig was built on some sort of scrap/recycled chasis and had a
832A in the final if my memory is correct.

FCC drops morse code requirement for all HAM licenses
 

In article ,
Wayne.B wrote:

On Fri, 29 Dec 2006 00:27:40 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

1958 when it was moved from the 400 MHz band.

I remember it well - my Dad was apoplectic when they did it. :)

10-4 good buddy :-)

I was in the last year of my Novice ticket, first year of my Tech
license. 6 meter DX was all the rage that year, a really hot sun spot
cycle.


Hold it, a second here folks..... they didn't "MOVE" it from the 400Mhz
Band, they "ADDED" a Class Structure to Citzens Band.

Class A.... 420 Mhz Now GMRS CFR 47 Part 95 Subpart A
Class B.... I don't recall.... No Longer available
Class C.... 27 Mhz Radio Control Now RCRS 47 CFR Part 95 Subpart C
Class D.... 27 Mhz Voice Now CBRS 47 CFR Part 95 Subpart D

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FCC drops morse code requirement for all HAM licenses
 

In article ,
Larry wrote:

60 Meters Ham Channels -
http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/reg....html#thirteen
General Class licensed boating hams should install these new "channels"
into their opened-up marine radios and go read the ARRL's comments about
their operation. 5 Mhz is a great band to operate, especially at night
at sea. Power limit also favors your boat because it was limited to 50
watts ERP (Effective Radiated Power). Any untuned boat antenna with the
awful lossy tuner and a 150 watt transmitter is in NO danger of going
over 50W ERP. ONLY USB voice is permitted...no CW, no data, no Pactor
email, no 10KW rich guy with the 800' tower and massive antenna arrays
and ham radio is SECONDARY to the government's use of these channels,
which I doubt government will ever use again, except in emergencies when
they'll want all those hams using them to help out...the reason they
allowed us to use them. Being ham frequencies, you don't need a guilt
trip chatting with the "Lazy B" about the last party on some controlled
marine channel with someone bitching at you to shut up.

Being channelized, marine radios are perfect for USB operation on these
channels. 60 meters should really make a nice boat ham radio
frequency....for a marine net or just a bunch of friends who want to
talk.....(c;

Larry

Just a note here..... As Larry Has mentioned 60 Meters is a very
effective frequency for Maritime Mobile Stations in the Ham Radio
Community.

We, up here in Alaska, are very familiar with this Band, as we have had
a Statewide Emergency Calling, and Safety, Frequency (5167.5Khz USB) in
this band for a number of Years. This was implimented from the Alaska
Private Fixed Radio Service, that for years, was the way we alaskans
communicated from the bush to the towns and cities. We still have a
Working Frequency (5164.5 Khz USB) in this band as well as a pile of
2Mhz, 3Mhz, 8Mhz, and 10Mhz Frequencies, that are mostly abandoned
in this day of CellPhones and SAT based Telco Links. The 60 Meter Band
typically has good coverage in Daytime for around 200 - 300 miles,
and at night we cover the whole State, Sunspots may be required.....

Bruce in alaska
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Larry wrote:


Larry, email me. I have an electronics question that's not appropriate
for this NG !

FCC drops morse code requirement for all HAM licenses
 

Bruce in Alaska wrote in news:bruceg-
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Class A.... 420 Mhz Now GMRS CFR 47 Part 95 Subpart A
Class B.... I don't recall.... No Longer available
Class C.... 27 Mhz Radio Control Now RCRS 47 CFR Part 95 Subpart C
Class D.... 27 Mhz Voice Now CBRS 47 CFR Part 95 Subpart D



CB had RULES?!......(C;

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FCC drops morse code requirement for all HAM licenses
 

Tom Francis wrote in
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I might add that you
needed a Technicians license to operate in the Class C radio
controlled portion of 11 meters.

Are you talkin' about that little extra channel between 15 and 16? All
these years I thought that was for 10KW SSB stations!

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name of the beast, or the number of his name...

FCC drops morse code requirement for all HAM licenses
 

Steve Thrasher wrote in news:4595afe8$1
@news.acsalaska.net:

Larry wrote:


Larry, email me. I have an electronics question that's not appropriate
for this NG !

Email bounces. Got a real one?



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name of the beast, or the number of his name...

FCC drops morse code requirement for all HAM licenses
 

In article ,
Larry wrote:

Bruce in Alaska wrote in news:bruceg-
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Class A.... 420 Mhz Now GMRS CFR 47 Part 95 Subpart A
Class B.... I don't recall.... No Longer available
Class C.... 27 Mhz Radio Control Now RCRS 47 CFR Part 95 Subpart C
Class D.... 27 Mhz Voice Now CBRS 47 CFR Part 95 Subpart D



CB had RULES?!......(C;

Yep, but the FCC is a "Toothless Tiger" since they did away with the
Field Operations folks back in the Clinton/Gore Regieme........

Bruce in alaska
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