Ed,
They will - the rest of the world are already crudding up 40 with ssb in the
lower end. You can't use the FISTS calling freq of 7.058 in the evenings
now, its bad down to about .040 or so and moving south. Even my VI + can't
make the band sound good with ssb splattering around.
Chuck
----- Original Message -----
From: Avila, Edward <EAvila@caiso.com>
To: 'Charles Carter' <aa0ri@kansas.net>; <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 9:51 AM
Subject: RE: [TenTec] CW-Only Rig?
>
> Charles, sad but true.........I'm 51 and returned to CW after 35 years of
> phone or no hamming and really disappointed with the CW bands -- last nite
> in fact here on the West Coast at 2100 pst I couldn't "hear" a single CW
qso
> either on 40, 30 or 20 meters -- my wire antenna doesn't tune to low end
of
> 80.....I'm sure there was cw activity somewhere in the world, but nothing
I
> could hear! When I was a kid novice in the 60's I'd get on every nite and
> always had trouble finding an open spot of the CW bands to call
> cq.......other than cw contest weekends, there are nights when all is too
> quiet on 80 and 40 meters cw -- I'm surprised the ssb/digital guys haven't
> been putting more pressure on the arrl/fcc to grab more of the CW
segments.
>
> 73.........k6sdw
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Charles Carter [mailto:aa0ri@kansas.net]
> Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2001 9:40 AM
> To: Mike Siegel; tentec@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] CW-Only Rig?
>
>
>
> Mike and group,
> I think they would be playing to a very small audience. There are more
and
> more open spaces on the cw portion of the band and most of the guys I work
> are older than I am (61). Plus you have to have a TT to really know how
> great they are.
>
> It's a nice thought though.
>
> 73, Chuck
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mike Siegel <ki6pr@elite.net>
> To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2001 11:16 AM
> Subject: [TenTec] CW-Only Rig?
>
>
> >
> > Hi folks -
> >
> > It seems to me that most T-T fans are also big CW fans. I was thinking
the
> > other day about how nice it would be if Ten-Tec decided to build an HF
> rig,
> > totally dedicated and completely optimized for CW operation - in other
> > words, the ultimate CW rig.
> >
> > It also occurs to me that with the rest of the world de-emphasizing CW,
> this
> > would be just the right time for such a rig, just to help stir up more
> > interest in the mode.
> >
> > Comments? Other thoguhts?
> >
> > 73 to all,
> > Mike KI6PR
> > El Rancho R.F., CA
> >
> >
> >
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