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FCC PROPOSES HIGHER
SPEEDS FOR RTTY
Use of higher speed . (If 7S Hml 100 won.!. per
minute for ama teu r radio le]epr int er operation
has been proposed by th e Commission in
an ame ndm ent to Part 97 (Am aleu r Radio
Service) roles. T ile present rulea per mit a
•peed of 60 wo rds per minute .
The increase was requested by Keith. B.
Peterson (W8SDZ ) and R. Bruce Peters
( WB2 LRS), who con tended lhat tile presen t
com mercial telep rin ter standa rd. includ e fa, t­
er o perating mod els as well . s 60 words per
min ute machin es; that the p re, en l maxim um
freq uency shift of ~OO Hz would no t be
exceeded, and the Mih er .pee d woul d sli muble
the developme nt of new amateur . kills
and techni ques.
The Commission uid it believed the use o f
additi onal telepri nter spee dx In the Amateur
Radio Service , in keep ing willi co mme rcial
equipmen t standards now ill u S