An additional issue for weak sig CW folks is the nature of digi
operations. Digi operators don't always check for pre-existing activity.
The result is the digi setup begins its 1 minute of howling, irrespective
of some CW activity already in progress. No problem to the digi operator
whose setup will mindlessly repeat until acknowledged. A deal breaker to
the CW activity.
I think some of the problem you notice, if not most of it, is the digi op
(like most operators) tends to think in terms of his system's processed
bandwidth and not the receiver bandwidth other surrounding operators use.
Another part is they just may not recognize CW, or what the CW station is
doing.
This is why the FCC, wisely, did not mix modes.
Like Tom I neither endorse nor object to digi activity, except as it jams
existing CW. I share his opinion that the frequency choice for digi
activity could not have been more poorly chosen.
It would be great to have a real discussion about this (and other things),
because it might help the overall band long term. I'm starting to think
rational non-personal on-point discussions of fact are not possible in
America any longer. It's actually called the Brooklyn syndrome, but it seems
to be spreading.
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,852006,00.html
73 Tom
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