I was cq-ing around 7100, got almost no attention. For me the frequency
sounded clear.
I moved to the noisy 7099 and I got a pile up.
Would be nice if USA station would also listen a bit higher then 7100 :-)
Henk
Pete Smith schreef:
> At 10:58 AM 3/9/2009, John Laney wrote:
>
>> I agree that there were fewer DX stations CQing below 7040 this contest.
>> Of course, there were many working simplex between 7125 and 7200.
>> But, there is still underutilization of the frequencies between 7100 and
>> 7125. There is no reason why split frequency operation should not occur
>> in that segment. Generallly, there were only one or two stations around
>> 7102 listening up and toward the end there was a very weak (here) ES5
>> around 7123. Interestingly, there were a few US stations calling him on
>> his transmit frequency, out of the US band. I guess that is the usual
>> problem of hams grabbing spots off the cluster and not thinking about
>> what frequency the spot is reporting. You would think on a band like 40
>> where there is so much split frequency operation that most would think
>> more before they transmit. Maybe that segment will be more utilized in
>> the next SSB contest. There is still a small amount of slow speed CW
>> and this weekend there were a lot of foreign broadcast stations, which I
>> hope will be gone by CQ WPX SSB in a few weeks. 73, John, K4BAI.
>>
>
> Maybe I'm just being pessimistic, but I'd be surprised if you notice much
> difference in the BC QRM in that segment over the near term. There's
> little incentive to wait until the magic turnover date if you've spent the
> money to do it, and a lot to stay put if you don't want to.
>
> 73, Pete N4ZR
>
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