On February 3, 2011 07:19:45 am John Crovelli wrote:
> As a courtesy, last weekend our Multi operation, as a courtesy, refrained
> from calling CQ in what some still consider the DX Window (1830 - 1835).
>
> BUT lets be realistic here, this is 2011, not 1961. Split operation, a
> necessary operating technique of the W1BB era is no longer necessary.
> Frequency allocations between ITU regions and individual countries have
> become more aligned. All world class radios have narrow filtering
> capability, etc. fully capable of handling the worst pileups.
>
Not all of us can afford or own "world class radios", John. It isn't true in
North America and it certainly isn't true in the rest of the world.
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Bob Smits bob@rsmits.ca
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