[Moon] 144.070-144.160MHz digital EME band?

[dl5mae at wa7v.ampr.org]

Dear OM,

there were some discussions on moon-reflector (W9IP) end of october last
year about recommended exclusive segments for JT65 mode on various
frequencies
frequencies
50.185-50.195MHz/144.115-144.135MHz/432.050MHz-432.060MHz/1296.060-1296.070MHz)

It worked out as an forged email (origin was claimed to appear from Joe,
K1JT).

But now, exact one year later I found a post on W9IPs
moon-net from K1JT about an PAPER ON MAP65:

http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/K1JT/MAP65.pdf

Joe writes something about the whole digital EME band
(144.070-144.160MHz) in this paper.
Did I miss out anything? Did the bandplan change already? Or is this a
one-man-decision?

Whatever, to my knowledge 2m CW band in EU goes from 144.000-144.150MHz
exclusiv.
If there is some digital traffic in this segment it does not bother me
and its implied accepted from my side as long it does not QRM me. It can
easily be co-existant at MOST of the time with CW.
Maybe its a difference between Europe or other regions of the world but
the whole CW portion in central Europe is needed, especially during
contest or DX openings.

I know some people like to banish CW in the garbage edge of the band
(144.000-144.030 MHz)...

So I do not agree with this attempt to take over 90KHz of the band for
digital use and leave the rest for CW (maybe just 20KHz usable).
Again, these decisions are not to be done by single persons!

vy 73 de dl5mae WOlfgang