Richard,
The simplified changes that I am aware of make Amateur Radio Experimentation easier in Canada in as much as the regulations^[1][2] limit the bandwidth use and input power. The rest is left to coordination with neighboring frequency reuse (such as repeater councils) and agreed band plans[3] (RAC/ARRL/etc).
Canadian link references follow: [1] http://wp.rac.ca/study-guides-2/regulatory-info/ [2] http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/smt-gst.nsf/eng/sf01226.html#t1 [3] http://wp.rac.ca/rac-0-30-mhz-band-plan/
Michael Durrant VE3PNX ve3pnx at andier.com www.packetradio.ca
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On 2016-03-03 (W10) 11:04 AM, Richard Chycoski wrote:
(Please trim inclusions from previous messages) _______________________________________________ I just went digging into the Canadian regs that I can find online - and they seem to have been massively simplified compared to earlier releases. This one: http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/smt-gst.nsf/eng/sf10650.html shows only bandwidth limitations on most of the bands (including most HF bands) - mode of emission and data rate is not mentioned at all.
I know that this was the eventual intent when the regs were redone in the late '70s, but is that what actually happened?
Is there something I've missed from there, or from http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-96-484/index.html ?
- Richard, VE7CVS
On 3/3/16 7:33 AM, Mark Phillips wrote:
I don't know how it is up there in the Frozen North but here in the US our "300bd restriction" is very often misunderstood. We are allowed a symbol rate of 300bd. Not a data rate. If we can jamb 1.2mbps into a 300bd symbol rate we could use it.
Mark NI2O
On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 3:56 AM, ve1jot ve1jot@eastlink.ca wrote:
(Please trim inclusions from previous messages) _______________________________________________ And there is still an extensive packet network, with more nodes being deployed, in fact, there seems to be a resurgence of the mode, as folks have mentioned...but I have dropped my hardware TNC's in favor of software modems that are more robust, less current drain, less birdies, and options that were only dreamed about back in packets hey-day thanks to uz7ho, uronode,bpq,FBB, Direwolf to name just a few...and these are actively being maintained..in fact, I may have forgotten a few others...packet is alive and well, and not just as aprs nodes...and with the advent of very inexpensive computers like the pi, arduino, etc etc, it's a LOT of fun and I see a lot of newcomers, even on slow old 300 baud HF daily...there *has* been experimentation with higher data rates on HF, but our archaic laws prevent us from going much faster than 300b on HF...9600b *is* doable on HF, but not legal below 28mhz...that law needs to be revised, hi hi! (and yes, TCP/IP also works on HF, but painful due to low 300b restriction) Cheers, John
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