USA HF Spread Spectrum Experiment
The FCC has issued Phil William KA1GMN an experimental license, WF9XJD, to carry out Spread Spectrum transmissions in all the amateur radio HF bands as well as 50 and 144 MHz.
The aim is to conduct experiments with spread spectrum, research effectiveness under weak signal conditions and compare against other digital modes such as JT65A, Olivia, MT63 and PSK31.
With effect from February 1 Phil will be able to make transmissions with an emission designator of 2K50J2D in 160, 80, 40, 30, 20 17, 15, 12, 10, 6, and 2 meters using 100 watts ERP.
While such transmissions may be standard practice in other countries it is a breakthrough for the United States.
In 1977 the ARRL fought 'tooth and nail' to defeat the FCC's Docket 20777 which proposed to introduce regulation by bandwidth rather than mode. The rules that were put into place after the Docket's defeat effectively crippled the development of HF digital communications in the USA.
The full text of the FCC Grant for WF9XJD see
https://apps.fcc.gov/els/GetAtt.html?id=122008&x=.
FCC Experimental Licensing System Call Sign Search
https://apps.fcc.gov/oetcf/els/reports/CallsignSearch.cfm
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