You gotta love the irony in some of these situations. I heard KU8E being accosted by some frequency cops about being in the DX window (3798kHz) on 75m in the Sprint... as he was working an F4...also
There are as many misconceptions, and or misunderstandings, within the DX community as there is within the Contesting community about the 'DX Window'. The U.S. is just about the only country in the w
The biggest misconception about the 'windows' on the various bands is that it is the only place to work dx. In most dx contests we work very little dx 'in the window'. Most of what we work on 80m is
community as there is within the Contesting community about the 'DX Window'. SSB, on 75m. Within that 250khz is a small, very small, segment 3790-3800 that US and most other countries have in common.
Hi Mal I, for one, am pretty confused on how the window is supposed to work during a contest. Does the DX work split, or do some U.S. stations just sit in the window and the DX rotates in and out of
I envy the way the east coast crowd can CQ above 3800, and get EU to call below 3750. It doesn't work that way for us out west, trying to run JA. The JA/USA windows are 3750-3753 and 3792-3803. That
Yes, but what about DX stations and DXpeditions using common DX split freqs such as 14.195/14.200, 21.295/21.300, 28.395/28.400 and then some local guy wants to call CQ just a Khz or so below the DX
Folks: Aren't we getting a bit too emotional to make logical points supporting our case? That "large swath of spectrum" which Rich so covets is 10 KHz, which is 4% of the total 'phone spectrum availa
I heard KU8E being accosted by some frequency cops about being in the DX window (3798kHz) on 75m in the Sprint... as he was working an F4...also in the Sprint. == I called F4DSK , who was calling CQ
This is too bad, because back when the JA's could only transmit below 3600 (or so), it was the norm for the USA to CQ high in the band listening down. Ever since they got the Window, that all went aw
True, but that 4% would hold three or four operating channels worth in a large contest. where ground. _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com
This won't work if the DX isn't aware that someone's covering him up but I've often thought that if he is the problem could be solved in a minute or two by the DX saying, "Listening on xxxxx only" wh
Window or no window, that is just plain rude operating if not bordering on being in violation of FCC rules. If you ask if the frequency is in use or QRL, and someone says YES, then it is in use, whet
Wait a minute ... aren't these "DX cops" violating their own rules? Why are THEY transmitting in the DX window? Sheesh - no one accused them of being logical people. If I were really upset by someone