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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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FOR THEM POST MORTEM.  NOVICE LICENSEE JOHN S. RIPPEY, W3ULS, HAS
PETITIONED THE FCC TO GRANT NOVICE AND TECHNICIAN WITH ELEMENT 1 CREDIT
LICENSEES NEW OR EXPANDED OPERATING PRIVILEGES ON 80, 40, 30, 17, 15, 12
AND 10 METERS.  HIS SUGGESTIONS INCLUDE SSB PRIVILEGES FOR NOVICES AND TECH
PLUS LICENSEES ON 17 AND 12 METERS.  THE FCC DESIGNATED THE PETITION AS RM
10354.  THE NASA JOHN H. GLENN RESEARCH CENTER AMATEUR RADIO CLUB IS
SEEKING A MODIFICATION IN WORDING TO THE PART 97 RULE THAT ALREADY PERMITS
AMATEUR RETRANSMISSION OF NASA MANNED SHUTTLE COMMUNICATIONS.  THE PETITION
WAS DESIGNATED AS RM 10355.  THE CLUB WANTS THE AMATEUR SERVICE RULE, SEC
97R113E, TO INCLUDE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION COMMUNICATIONS AS WELL AS
ANY MANNED SPACECRAFT IN THE FUTURE.  DON SCHELLHARDT AND NICK LEGGETT,
N3NL, WANT THE FCC TO REQUIRE THAT ALL ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT SUBJECT TO THE
COMMISSIONS JURISDICTION BE SHIELDED AGAINST ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE EMP
DAMAGE.  THE PROPOSAL, AS DRAFTED, WOULD APPLY TO BOTH NEW AND EXISTING
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LX2AJ 382,344 697 178 B Belgium ON4CAS 363,825 676 175 A ON4ADZ 271,752 558
169 A ON4CHK 34,200 125 95 B ON4ATW 360,064 823 128 C ON4XG 182,550 401 150
IF YOU ARE USING SOX, PUT THE PROGRAM IN TRANSMIT AND ADVANCE THE SOX LEVEL
ADJUSTMENT SLOWLY UNTIL THE TRANSMITTER KEYS.  ADVANCE THE CONTROL A BIT
FARTHER.  PUT THE PROGRAM IN RECEIVE AND THE TRANSMITTER SHOULD UN KEY.
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KEY THE TRANSMITTER AGAIN AND ADJUST THE TRANSMIT LEVEL CONTROL FOR THE
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A OE75CWL 700,400 1318 170 A OE1TKW 14,991
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