[600MRG] Experimental Licenses Kaput?

[ab1aw]

I wonder if being granted a part 5 license is any indication of that station location not being near a PLC transmission line?  One would think that the UTC would not want a high power station near their lines.  If one is already operating a part 5 station, the UTC would be hard pressed to justify the denial of a part 97 station at that same location.
MikeAB1AW  /  WI2XRE


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-------- Original message --------From: Warren K2ORS <k2ors at verizon.net> Date: 4/2/17  9:00 AM  (GMT-05:00) To: 600mrg at w7ekb.com Subject: Re: [600MRG] Experimental Licenses Kaput? 
Frank,

    The Experimental Licenses are unrelated to the Amateur allocations. 
I think that as long as you pay your renewal fee on time you should be 
good to go. However it's my understanding that the ARRL won't renew WD2XSH.

    I think that the Amateur allocation is a good thing, however I'm not 
even sure that I'll bother with getting on with my Amateur license, its 
a lot of hassle for very limited privileges.

    I think of the Part 5 Experimental license days as the "Wild West" 
of 500kHz operation, we'll never see trans-Atlantic ssb contacts with 
200W ERP power levels under the restrictive Amateur rules the way we did 
in the Part 5 days. I fondly remember picking up Part 5 stations 
hundreds of miles away on my Sony 2010 with its built in ferrite loop 
antenna, which will be impossible given the paltry power allowed under 
the Amateur rules.

73 Warren



On 4/1/2017 10:12 PM, Frank Lotito wrote:
> Regarding the two new "below the broadcast band" amateur radio frequency assignments, what happens with the Part 5 Experimental licenses (grants) we have?  If our Part 5 grant covers a different frequency range, including some or all of the new frequency ranges allocated to the Amateur Service, what call sign "must" we use when transmitting within the new amateur bands, our 47CFR97 amateur call or our 47CFR5 experimental call?  When our experimental grant is up for renewal, what's the likelihood will it be renewed?  Etc, etc.........
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> 73 Frank Lotito  K3DZ / WH2XHA
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