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What this PR accomplishes
Adds 2 new regulatory domains, US433 and US433-Wide. US433 is 8 hops in the 4.75MHz between 433.25MHz and 438MHz, while US433-Wide is 20 hops in the 14.5MHz between 423.5MHz and 438MHz. Expanding these bands will reduce the chance of interference while running 433MHz ExpressLRS links, enable Gemini 433MHz to run without self-interference, and allows more 433MHz ExpressLRS users to run simultaneously without concern.
Rationale
The existing AU433/EU433 regulatory domains have quite restricted frequency space, 1MHz and 1.35MHz respectively, only permitting 3 hop channels for 433MHz users in those regulatory domains. In the US, licensed hams are permitted the use of 420-450MHz, a total of 30MHz wide, as the 70cm ham band. Two caveats exist for this band:
Prior Art
Analysis of other 433MHz control link systems shows us that in spite of the voluntary band plan, these wider frequencies are already in common use. I have taken SDR traces of my DragonLink V3 system operating in each of its 3 band modes, "Normal", "Wideband", and "Ultra Wideband", and recorded what appear to be the start/stop frequencies for each of these bands, which I reproduced at the bottom.
Discussion
Given the way the 70cm band is divided up in the ARRL band plan, it's difficult to find a contiguous chunk of spectrum that fits our use cases. I chatted with a few local hams that run significant 70cm repeater setups however, and all agreed that the numbers I chose here were reasonable, and believed this wouldn't pose any significant problems given our power output will max out at 1W in a regulatory sense, and 50mW in a practical sense for 99% of users.
Outcome
With all of this in mind, I mapped the frequency selections from DragonLink directly into the ExpressLRS FHSS tables. To date, I have heard no complaints from hams about DragonLink operations in the 70cm space, ergo I suspect we'll not hear any either (especially considering our 1-2 order of magnitude power reduction to achieve the same range). I have tested these on my equipment and it seems to perform quite well.
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