500 khz Proposal
OLIVIER F6DGU
WE NEED TO KEEP CLEAR THE 500KHZ FOR SHIPS AT SEA DISTRESS TRAFIC
ONLY in
CW AND SITOR IT HAS TO BE MANDATORY FOR ALL OVER THE WORLD. But each
country will be free to give a spécial license to allow amateur-radio
to
participate in a security-radio-net like NEW-500KHZ-NETWORK.
OLIVIER F6DGU R/O chairman french-RADIO-MARINERS-ASSOCIATION
NEW-500KHZ-NETWORK PROJECT COORDINATOR
Alfredo DE CRISTOFARO
your proposal is right...I agree with you.
73's Alfredo
David Ring
My compromise has been modified - I hope you are receiving mail from
the radio officers google group. If anyone of this group is not a
member, they can join, and if they don't want to join they can still
read the messages, pictures and files at
http://groups.google.com/group/radio-officers
W6BNB suggested that amateurs be authorized on 500 kHz if they have or
had a WT license - T1, T2, or T3 - that means that all the R/Os could
get on 500 kHz - but only for calling. "LZL LZL LZL de IK6IJF IK6IJF
IK6IJF UP 505/436 K"
Here is my email to Bart Lee who is a communications historian and
communications lawyer who works with various groups before the ITU and
who is a member of the R/O group.
The objection to that, Bart, is that some think that without the
numbers of the amateur radio community, 500 kHz would just be taken
over by marine or GPS interests.
The other and very practical objection to this is that without amateur
participation, training and development, there will be no DA, or RD,
(current operators there) or others to operate KPH/KSM in 60 years.
My compromise proposal addresses that by:
1) Allowing restricted access to 500 kHz by amateurs to those with an
endorsement.
2) Having a near by amateur band - say 505 to 515 kHz.
3) The endorsement will be an equivalent examination of what is
currently the T3 license. No theory test, 20 wpm English, 16 wpm code
groups - sending and receiving by hand for one minute without error
out of five minutes, with basic radio law and telegraphic practices.
The benefits to my compromise would be:
1) Increased, but orderly activity and watchkeeping on 500 kHz.
2) The ability to have an interface between the museum (and active)
stations and amateurs so that both can participate in emergency
communications.
3) Allow a mechanism that interested amateurs could receive training
and examination by former Radio Officers thus allowing the sharing and
continuity of radiotelegraphic practice to amateurs.
4) Provide a pool of educated and qualified amateurs who would be able
to take over the operation of stations such as KPH when we are all
dead and gone.
I like RD's idea but I believe it is not practical. In a perfect
world, I would like to see it the way RD wants it, but I believe the
ITU won't allow it. If the ITU does allow it, and an amateur band
nearby, I'll support it of course. But I think the chances of this
being accepted by ITU is about the same as a snowball's chance of
survival on top of a burning fire.
73
Radio Officer David Ring
N1EA
David Ring
The only disagreement is that many want just CW on 500 kHz.
I have a proposal for a compromise which allows only former R/Os to
operate on 500 kHz or those who have taken training with groups such
as the New 500 kHz network in France, or KPH in the USA to operate on
500 kHz.
The use of 500 kHz will be CW or MCW only.
We could work in SITOR but first if you could agree to what we have
now, then we could move together as one group.
The Seefunk group in Germany agrees with my proposal and I am waiting
to hear from the KPH group.
73
R/O David Ring, N1EA
David Ring
I think the proposal could be made for SITOR to be used by ships and
shore stations for Distress, Urgent and Safety.
The PROBLEM is is shore stations start cluttering up 500 kHz with
NAVTEX broadcasts - this will make 500 kHz CW/MCW calling useless.
What type of compromise can be made to prevent long SITOR FEC on this frequency?
I have no problem with ARQ or FEC SITOR being used for a real SOS -
that goes without saying. ITU regulations already permit, any mode,
any frequency, any power, when it is SOS.
Thanks,
David