hoffman@pitt.UUCP (08/07/84)
The following item was forwarded from the CompuServe HamNet SIG
bulletin board. I thought it might be of interest to the net,
especially in light of the 220 MHz controversy.
73,
---Bob/N3CVL
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#: 22496 Sec. 9 - Packet/RTTY/AMTOR
Sb: Coordination changes
03-Aug-84 20:15:15
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To: ALL
On 8/1/84, the Board of Directors of TSARC, the Tri-State Amateur Repeater
Council, meeting in Executive session, took the unprecedented step of
reversing its original position on the coordination of non-traditional modes
such as packet radio, RBBS and MSO systems and simplex auto-patches. TSARC had
originally decided that such operations, because of their simplex,
single-emitter concepts, did not really relate to the coordination philosophy
already in place for repeaters using the classic two-channel input/output
frequency structures and principles, and that consideration of requests for
coordination would have been inappropriate.
After much discussion and deliberation, the Board voted to give full
consideration to the coordination of such simplex operations as packet radio,
radio bulletin board systems (RBBS), message storage operations (MSOs),
mailbox systems, and legitimate simplex autopatches, and resolved to:
1. Establish the concept of the coordination of certain specific
VHF and UHF channels based on the mode of operation, as well as
geographical area and physical separation considerations;
2. Recognize, acknowledge and support the use of the frequency
145.010 as a de facto East Coast standard, and to formally
recommend that 145.010 be reserved for exclusive use by stations
operating packet radio systems;
3. Recognize the requirements for a special wide-band channel
coordination and allocation in the 220 MHz band, and establish
and coordinate a single 100-KHz wide channel from 220.500 to
220.600 MHz for exclusive use by packet radio systems, possibly
for 56 kbit/s packet radio trunk and backbone services.
This last item was given exceptional urgent emphasis and attention in view of
the recent public statements by Robert Foosaner, Chief of the FCC's Private
Radio Branch. In his speech at the FCC Forum at the recent ARRL National
Convention in New York City, Mr. Foosaner clearly outlined the need for
allocations of additional new channels in the Land Mobile Service, and that
the Commission would be looking at all parts of the spectrum for suitable
frequencies, including the possible re-assignment of some portions of the
amateur radio band at 220 MHz. The Board noted that certain commercial
interests had already filed formal petitions asking specifically that the
Commission re-assign the frequencies 216 to 222 MHz to the Land Mobile
Service.
It was the Board's very strong feeling that the coordination of the 100-KHz
channel 220.500 to 220.600 MHZ would conform to the requests and needs of
amateur operators working in the most sophisticated technologies, and clearly
demonstrate to the Commission that the Amateur Service's most advanced
technologies were finding a home in the lower portion of the 220 MHz band,
establishing maximum visibility and credibility, something that has not been
noteworthy in past years on 220.
The Board also established a requirement for the re-evaluation, and revision
of existing TSARC recommended technical operating standards, including
immediate efforts to study and incorporate new technical operating information
appropriate to the packet radio, RBBS/MSO and other non-voice operating modes.
TSARC welcomes and encourages input, comment and suggestions from other
coordinating councils in these matters. Comments of a technical nature can be
mailed to:
Norman Sternberg, W2JUP Vice-Director (516), TSARC Box 125, Farmingville, NY
11738
--
Bob Hoffman
Pitt Computer Science