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AS RM 10352.  TIPPETT AND BRIGGS CONTEND THAT THE ARRL BAND PLAN FOR 160
METERS MODIFIED LAST YEAR AFTER LENGTHY CONSIDERATION BY THE AD HOC ARRL
160 METER BAND PLAN COMMITTEE ON WHICH BOTH MEN SAT DOES NOT GO FAR ENOUGH
AND IS UNENFORCEABLE.  THEY WANT THE FCC TO PROHIBIT SSB, AM AND OTHER
WIDEBAND MODES BELOW 1R843 MHZ SOMETHING THE REVISED ARRL BAND PLAN ALREADY
RECOMMENDS.  TIPPETT AND BRIGGS MADE IT CLEAR THAT WHILE THE TOPIC OF THEIR
PETITION DID ARISE DURING THE ARRL COMMITTEES DELIBERATIONS, THEIR PETITION
IS AN INDEPENDENT EFFORT WITH NO CONNECTION TO THE COMMITTEE OR THE ARRL.
A COPY OF BRIGGS BOOK, DXING ON THE EDGE THE THRILL OF 160 METERS,
ACCOMPANIED THE 18 PAGE PETITION.  THE BOOK IS PUBLISHED BY ARRL.  THE
QUARTER CENTURY WIRELESS ASSOCIATION QCWA HAS ASKED THE FCC TO CHANGE ITS
AMATEUR VANITY CALL SIGN SYSTEM RULES TO PERMIT INDIVIDUAL AMATEURS TO, IN
EFFECT, BEQUEATH A CALL SIGN TO A DESIGNATED CLUB AS AN IN MEMORIAM CALL
SIGN.  THE FCC DESIGNATED THE PETITION AS RM 10353.  THE QCWA NOTES THAT
THE CURRENT VANITY RULE EXCLUDES CURRENT LICENSEES FROM SPEAKING FOR
THEMSELVES WHILE THEYRE STILL ALIVE AND REQUIRES THEIR RELATIVES TO SPEAK
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MM0BQI 11,685 84 57 A GM3CFS 276,734 498 179 C GM2T MM0CCC, MM0DXC, GM4XZZ,
MM0ANT, GM0CLN, MM1CPP, ops 264,896 1251 64 D Wales MW5EPA 163,676 481 116
B GW7X GW3NJW, op 867,060 1479 180 C Luxembourg LX1EA 508,849 920 167 B
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