Talk:Amateur radio frequency allocations

message: The plan for this page is to replace the comparable section found at Amateur radio#Band_plans_and_frequency_allocations.  The main article is far beyond Wikipedia guidelines for article length. --N5UWY/9 - plaws 20:27, 8 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Replacement plan 

message: FCC Part 97 subpart D (97.301) lists the bandplans for all three regions as a nice table. The first and third columns of that table are substantially similar to what is here already.  Would it be a good idea to link to that (done), or just copy it here? --ssd 13:04, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Band plan for all 3 regions 

message: I don't know if dividing this list up by ITU regions is a good idea... I've kinda watched this article for a while and I haven't seen anything added to regions 1 and 3. Just links to get info elsewhere. I suggest we just eliminate the grouping by ITU regions altogether. I would rather see a list of all bands allocated to amateurs anywhere and listed with their widest frequency ranges allocated anywhere. Most of these bands link to their own articles now, As it stands now this article is 100% US-centric, and doesn't provide much info. Before I do something crazy, what are your opinions on this? Anonym1ty 17:47, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I think the regions are fine.  It's US-centric because no one from outside the US has contributed.  By organizing it by region, the attempt has been made to globalize it.  Unfortunately, no one from outside Region 2 appears to have made the effort to contribute! --N5UWY/9 - plaws 16:05, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Well I (G3YMC) have just found this series of pages. It is incredibly US-centric!. Rather better would be a straight list of amateur bands here with wiki links to detailed ones for each one. I will attempt to expand some of the band pages but it will take time.Dsergeant 20:07, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I would be happy to add the listings for the other regions, and create at least generic allocation tables for them. I know I would like to have the charts as a reference, especially when DXing. It's always nice to know where the other fellow is allowed to operate! I'd really appreciate it if someone could point me to some authoritative sources for the information. Thanks! - Joe Shupienis, W3BC 19:49, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  The regions

message: I have an idea.  Instead of having colors for each permutation of modes, how about giving each mode a color and then doing vertically separated bars to show the span of each mode within a band segment?  Below is an example for the 10 meter band in US & Candada using red for CW, green for RTTY, and blue for phone:
:
10 Meters               	28000 - 29700	28000 - 29700	28000 - 29700
                        	             	             	
                        	             	             	
                        	             	             	
                        	28000 28300  	28300 28500  	28500 29700
Novice / Technician Plus	             	             	
Novice / Technician Plus	             	             	
Novice / Technician Plus	             	             	
General, Advanced, Extra	             	             	
General, Advanced, Extra	             	             	
General, Advanced, Extra	             	             	
The table will take a bit more to setup, but the color combinations are reduced quite a bit. --StuffOfInterest 14:17, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Color bar layout idea

message: The chart makes it look like Canada has no bandplans at all. Are Canadian hams really allowed to use any mode anywhere on any band? Roger (talk) 08:43, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, see the RAC web site. There is no legislated requirement for a band plan, though obviously coordination with US usage is important. Don't want to spoil some California kilowatt's QSO with Morse, now, do we? --Wtshymanski (talk) 01:13, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Canada? 

message: What are the international allocations for space usage, above 50 km? --Wtshymanski (talk) 01:13, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Space operation

message: Amateur radio bands was redundant to this article. I've merged it; it had been tagged since January. It did have some useful notes on the different characteristics of the bands, sadly, with no references. --Wtshymanski (talk) 01:17, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Merged [[Amateur radio bands]]

message: A little history would be in good order. Early days, amateurs and commercial stations interfered with each other, then the amateurs got exiled to those useless 200 m and shorter waves, while the commercial traffic was all on the valuable long-waves. Then the amateurs found out about the various propagation modes that only show up on "short wave".  Talk about the various WARC conferences and how they set up band plans that affected amateurs.  Talk about restrictions due to war, or political restrictions ( can't QSO between Florida and Cuba?). US hams lost 11 m in 1958 to CB radio, then lost 220 MHZ to UPS (who then gave up on it).  Conflicting demands between international broadcasting, commercial and military users on one hand and amateur radio on the other. Valuable VHF and UHF ands under pressure from more and more uses such as computer networks and survey instruments.  Does anyone have the books handy, or am I doomed to trek off to the library? --Wtshymanski (talk) 15:25, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Content needed

message: I suggest that this article be about the regulated limits of the frequency allocations by IARU region and country. Each band segment has its own article, which could give the detailed band plan for each band (modes or bandwidths allowed). The band articles can identify, by country, which bandplans are regulated by the authority having jurisdiction, and which are only set up as agreements among operators. As of this morning, it seems the frequency limits tables are duplicated in every article, which I think is unnecessary and hard to maintain. As always, we're short of references and citations. --Wtshymanski (talk) 15:39, 14 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Factoring the articles

message: I recall reading about burst communications experiments with meteor trail scatter.
Was this ever tried by radio amateurs and does the list of propagation methods deserve mention of this?
Idyllic press (talk) 08:15, 16 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Meteor trail scatter?