stanton54 wrote:
 > Well I'm working on this right now (not so much since school
 > started... sigh...) so I sure hope i haven't missed anything ;)
 >
 > AFAIK the ARRL has absolutely no authority; they are not part of the
 > government. The FCC alone can *tell* you what you can/can't do. The band
 > plan is just a suggestion to help keep things nice and tidy. The FCC
 > does have limits on what signals you can use on which bands, but they
 > aren't nearly as detailed; the part about R/C does not mention a
frequency.
 >
 > I've got nothing against the band plan, it's a good idea, but for
 > something unusual like a UAV it breaks down somewhat.


No it doesn't.

There's plenty of experimental spectrum in the bandplans for all the
Amateur bands.  You obviously haven't studied them at all.  There are
also limitations in place by the FCC for power output for telecommand
(1W).  See 97.215.  There are also FCC limitations on what types of
emissions can be done in which portions of the bands.  See 97.305.

Just go do something dumb like interfere with a coordinated repeater
system and see how far the "bandplan isn't law" argument gets you when
the FCC comes knocking.

There are plenty of documented cases of interference where the FCC
Enforcement Bureau has sided with the user who's following the bandplan
and fined or revoked the license of the Amateur who wasn't, depending on
the perceived severity of the violation.  (Intentional interference is,
of course, considered worse than unintentional.  But claiming no
knowledge of whatever other users of the band area you are using is not
a defense.)

Just use the bandplans.  Someday you may volunteer for a frequency
coordination council and find out that people who have no respect for
the bandplans, typically also garner no respect from their fellow hams
who follow them.  It's poor engineering practice, even.

--
Nate Duehr, nate@natetech.com - WY0X

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