FCC Allocates 630 & 2200 Meters, Upgrades Amateur Status on 160 Meters

[W3WN]

The FCC yesterday announced that they are allocating the Amateur Services two "sliver bands" in the spectrum below the AM Broadcast band, and they are upgrading the Amateur Service to Primary status on the 1900 -2000 kHz segment of 160 Meters.

For a synopsis, see: http://www.arrl.org/news/fcc-propose...and-630-meters

To read the FCC Report & Order & NPRM, see: http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Rele...CC-15-50A1.pdf or http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/comment/vie...id=60001030136

The portions pertaining to Part 97 are found on starting on Page 9 of the PDF

[K7SGJ]

Wow. I can run a long wire from my shack to Carl's shack and it would be almost a full wave antenna. Wouldn't need more than a couple of KW.

Or maybe zero power, and just put a juice can on each end.

KJ6BSO de K7SGJ

[NQ6U]

I've already begun construction on my 2200m quarter-wave vertical. It'll only be a little taller than the new World Trade Center building. The radial field is gonna be a bastard, though.

[K7SGJ]

Radial field? You've got a whole ocean near you. Mount the vertical on Ocean Beach, and run the coax down I-8 to your place. Problem solved.

[KG4NEL]

The question is, are the allocations wide enough to have nutty DX pileups on them? How long does it take to send UP UP UP UP in QRSS? :cool2:

[W3WN]

The question is, are the allocations wide enough to have nutty DX pileups on them? How long does it take to send UP UP UP UP in QRSS? :cool2:

Yup. And they'll all be QRP, too.

[KG4NEL]

QRP in Italy is 20kW.

[n2ize]

I am definitely going to be on 2200.

[w2amr]

WAB Worked all buoys.

[KG4NEL]

WAB Worked all buoys.

I've heard many net participants that don't do much more than a typical buoy.