So we are going to lose some of the CW band? Yes, I know we can operate CW on the phone band, but in actual fact "expanding the phone band" means the CW band loses. Jay/K4OGG -- SECC on the Web: http
Especially on 80 meters. I think a small loss cw spread is not much of a problem. 50 kc per band is plenty. But CW ONLY. not digital also. Dan/W4NTI CW -- SECC on the Web: http://secc.contesting.com
This isn't true, Jay. The mode subbands on HF are setup not as "CW" and "Phone" bands at all. Nor are they set up as "Wide" and "Narrow" bands. The separation is Digital and Analog. Digital modes are
They may not be set up as "CW" and "Phone" bands, but it looks like the ARRL does not understand that. To quote the ARRL bulletin, they said, "The amended plan would drop the US phone band to 3725 kH
By the same token, on CW contest weekends, the phone bands are less crowded. To assume otherwise would be to draw an exclusionary line between CW and phone operators. Indeed, these are largely the sa
One other thing occurs to me. One benefit of this future petition wasn't mentioned -- Novice and Tech-Plus operators get access to the General-class portions of 80, 40, 15 and 10. This means they are