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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The attachment to this email is the new band plan revised by the ARRL on 9/22/2017.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Remember to stay informed and operate in the portion of a band applicable to your license class privileges. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>When using SSB remember to stay off the edge of the band. SSB signals are considered to be 3 KHz wide and that must be considered when operation near a band edge.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The below listed article by Duane Traver, WV2B, gives and excellent explanation of where you need to be and why you need to be there.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Remember to visit the ARRL WCF page for up to date information about your section. <a href="http://arrlwcf.org/">http://arrlwcf.org/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Rich Kennedy - N4ESS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>ARRL WCF Section<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Public Information Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Email: n4ess@tampabay.rr.com<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Cell: 813-240-5614<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>The Band Edge- How Close is Too Close?</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'><i>By Duane Traver, WV2B<o:p></o:p></i></p><p>It was a situation heard all too often. In fact, it can be heard almost every contest. A DX station calls "CQ Contest" on 14349 KHz. Strings of US stations answer and exchange the contest exchange. But in addition another voice can be heard.<o:p></o:p></p><p>Besides the stations exchanging contest reports another voice rings out- "You're out of band stupid, don't you know the rules." Some contesters are bewildered, doesn't the band go to 14350? Others are argumentative- <i>I am not out of band</i>, they contend.<o:p></o:p></p><p>Obviously the mystery voice is not handling things in a proper manner. After all, if the stations he is condemning are out of band so is he. In addition, he is not identifying his transmissions. But why do these arguments keep erupting? Does this guy know what he's talking about?<o:p></o:p></p><p><b>The Rule<o:p></o:p></b></p><p>If the band goes to 14350 KHz, then contesters can just set their dials to that frequency and operate- right? Wrong! The crux of the matter is found in FCC rule 97.307, which reads in part: "Emissions resulting from modulation must be confined to the band or segment available to the control operator."<o:p></o:p></p><p>What must be taken into consideration is the fact that the frequency displayed on the radio's digital display is the <i>carrier </i>frequency. A suppressed-carrier single-sideband signal is considered to be 3 KHz wide. So, for an USB signal to be confined to the 20 Meter Amateur band, the frequency displayed on the transceivers digital dial should not be higher than 14347. That may even be too close unless the transmitted signal is attenuated by at least 40 dB at 3 KHz. Of course, the same goes for a LSB signal transmitted near the lower end of a band or segment. Please see illustrations A and B below for help visualizing the situation.<o:p></o:p></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:7.5pt'> USB Signal </span><br><span style='font-size:7.5pt'> ^^^^^^^^^^^^</span><br><b>I--------I--------I<br>347 14350 353</b><o:p></o:p></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'> A. USB signal transmitted with dial frequency of 14350 KHz.<o:p></o:p></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:7.5pt'>LSB Signal </span><br><b><span style='font-size:7.5pt'>^^^^^^^^^^ </span></b><br><b>I</b><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>---------</span>I</b><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>--------</span>I</b><br><b>147 7150 153 </b><o:p></o:p></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'>B. LSB signal transmitted with dial frequency of 7150 KHz.<o:p></o:p></p><p>So, the fellow telling all the contesters that they were out of band was right! But, is it a big problem? Obviously more education is needed on this particular rule. In the 2001 ARRL DX phone contest one Dx station was heard running US stations on 14349 KHz. in excess of 5 hours straight with a steady stream of US callers. Most were Extra class licensees.<o:p></o:p></p><p>Although certainly the majority of these callers didn’t realize they were violating an FCC rule, the action could result in an FCC warning, ARRL OO notice, or perhaps an argument from a frustrated fellow contester as mentioned at the outset of this article. Since all contesters who submit a log sign a statement that they have followed their country’s Amateur regulations they should be willing to take this rule into consideration and modifying their operation as needed.<o:p></o:p></p><p>In addition, contesting ethics are involved. What if a station finds a clear running frequency by operating too close to the band edge, while his competitor perhaps fails to find a run frequency out of respect for this regulation? Or what if a multiplier is counted by working a station calling too close, while other stations don’t get the multiplier because they want to obey the rules? Perhaps such situations are part of what causes our mystery stations to vent their frustrations.<o:p></o:p></p><p>I hope you find this article of help in your contesting efforts. Further information about this particular FCC rule can be found on page 4-34 of the ARRL’s "FCC Rule Book." See you in the contests. <o:p></o:p></p><p><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>