I guess my final edit didn't take before publishing. Sorry for the rough intro there, it was to have another 45 seconds explaining the video. LOL. Hope you got some good info out of it.
I think it’s a grab from the cell phone companies for more spectrum for their cellular first responder broad spectrum networks. Like AT&T’s “FirstNet” monopoly administered by a federal agency. T-Mobile and Verizon are trying to create their own first responder to compete against the government run monopoly. The proposed 9.15 Watt limit seems likely for the cell phone companies as more compatible with adjacent frequencies in the 60 meter band.
Does the ARRL have any pre-written messages we can use to copy and paste into the FCC comments filing?? I think that would go a long way to help or motivate many hams to submit comments that may not otherwise or have the time. It would make it easy for hams to get to the FCC site to get started and a little edit to make it one’s own and be done. I hear a lot talking about this and not wanting to lose any ground, even though they rarely or never use 60. But they won’t bother to comment unless it’s made easy.
60m is awesome, I love the propagation characteristics! I hope you guys get 100w and the total 27 kHz like we now have. 73 VE3GKT Edit: good choice of thumbnail Kyle!
I guess my final edit didn't take before publishing. Sorry for the rough intro there, it was to have another 45 seconds explaining the video. LOL. Hope you got some good info out of it.
Submitted. The points from the video, in my words.
Perfect!
I think it’s a grab from the cell phone companies for more spectrum for their cellular first responder broad spectrum networks. Like AT&T’s “FirstNet” monopoly administered by a federal agency. T-Mobile and Verizon are trying to create their own first responder to compete against the government run monopoly. The proposed 9.15 Watt limit seems likely for the cell phone companies as more compatible with adjacent frequencies in the 60 meter band.
Thanks for watching!
Does the ARRL have any pre-written messages we can use to copy and paste into the FCC comments filing?? I think that would go a long way to help or motivate many hams to submit comments that may not otherwise or have the time. It would make it easy for hams to get to the FCC site to get started and a little edit to make it one’s own and be done. I hear a lot talking about this and not wanting to lose any ground, even though they rarely or never use 60. But they won’t bother to comment unless it’s made easy.
There are no pre-written messages. The FCC wants your comments in your own words. That's just the way it is.
FT8 on 60m has created a lot of this mess. Bandwidth and number of stations on one frequency at the same time..This band was "ok'd" before FT8..
Already submitted my comments.
60m is awesome, I love the propagation characteristics! I hope you guys get 100w and the total 27 kHz like we now have. 73 VE3GKT
Edit: good choice of thumbnail Kyle!
Thanks!