[600MRG] 2200 and 630 meters

Wed Apr 29 13:29:28 CDT 2015

 Gentlemen - I don't believe requiring ARRL membership is necessary to get "learner's permit or journey man's license"  to operate on 2200 meters or 630 meters!  Requiring an ARRL nod of approval is like saying if you want to live here, you better be a registered Democrat / Republican if you want government services!  NO, and double no!!!

Besides, if by now there still is any lingering question whether or not PLC systems are vulnerable to amateur / experimenter (alla 47 CFR Part 5) for 2200 or 630 / 600 meter transmissions, someone at the government level has not been doing their home work!

Using the training argument just proposed, why not have a similar trainer / journeyman's permit for all transmissions, be the it amateur, CB, maritime radio, aircraft radio, etc when it comes to TVI / RFI?  I'm sure the FCC has reams of compiled complaints regarding those radio services wrecking havoc with TV sets, Hi-Fi sets, electronic organs, do-dad appliances, toys, etc, etc!

Last, all the hocus pocus regarding ERP / EIRP, and its calculation.  The "creator" is the only one who really knows what a particular station's ERP / EIRP is.  In the big scheme of things, big deal! Really gentlemen, if the 200 foot amateur antenna height limit is still on the books, just how may amateurs are going to be able to put up and maintain a 200 foot tower system for their 2200 and 630 meter antenna systems?  Maybe a half dozen or a dozen nation wide?  In round numbers, say the best amateur antenna systems may have an efficiency of 30%.  If there really is justification to set the ERP to 5 watts , no 2200  or 630 meter amateur is permitted more than 17 watts in the feed line going to the antenna!  In my book it makes no sense to write amateur radio regulations as complex as the federal tax code where you'll need the "radio equivalent of a tax attorney" to decipher your ERP / EIRP liability and guide you through the permit / licensing maze!

That's my opinion -  I subscribe to the "KISS" principle

73 Frank K3DZ / WH2XHA  

> From: pehamel at cableone.net
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> Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2015 11:10:06 -0500
> Subject: [600MRG] 2200 and 630 meters
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> For 2200 meters and 630 meters to succeed as ham bands, there must be an
> ongoing education and possibly qualification effort provided to regular
> weekend-wonder- testing hams.
> QST seems to be the proper and appropriate place to do this.
> The FCC should be informed of the training effort and possibly require that
> a qualification certificate from the ARRL be one of the temporary
> requirements (repeat temporary) to operate 2200 and 630 meters while
> protecting the power grid. This should be a sunset requirement which will
> allow the licensing textbooks and ham-experience-only instructors to learn.
> The LOTW certificate security should be sufficient for online testing.
> This would enable the FCC to more easily approve operation on the new bands.
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> I am an experimenter on 630 meters from a city lot and a former (1970s) AM
> broadcast engineer. 
> I had much to learn over and above what was covered on the test when I
> became a broadcast engineer. 
> IMHO The average ham will not have a chief engineer to teach him or the deep
> pockets to hire one.
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> If the FCC specifies an EIRP limit, hams must know how to evaluate their
> sites and decide the best way for the site to use and measure that limit. 
> The classic vertical and the LARGE (400 foot) loop are proven to work. At
> these frequencies, each type of antenna has limitations not seen on the HF
> bands. 
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> There are several well-known experimenter-authors who could collaborate on
> QST articles which would make up a future book and part of the manuals.
> Addressing the technical training needs of the younger hourly-wage hams and
> the old retired engineers is always difficult, especially with the
> deficiencies in math of our schools today, but it can be done. 
> I do not know if I still have the mental ability to contribute more than a
> few general paragraphs on experiences at my type of site.
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> I believe that QST is the best first place to do it because the editors and
> publishing mechanism already exists.
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> Thank you and 73,
> Pat Hamel W5THT & WD2XSH/6
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