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Subject: [CQ-Contest] 80M CW Contest Frequencies
From: hwardsil@WOLFENET.com (Ward Silver)
Date: Wed Sep 3 07:50:30 1997
> 
> My thought is: Why not use 3600-3700 KHz as the primary CW contesting
> frequencies?  Novices could have a portion of the lower end of the band.
> 
> Rationale:  Shorter antennas, less antenna adjustment between CW and Phone
> weekends.   Perhaps a tiny advantage in propagation.
> 

Hmmmm...might be a lot easier to get it started for domestic contests as
international allocations and convention are difficult to budge.  The
major problem, as I see it, is that we would then lose many casual
entrants who would no longer find the band busy and make a few QSOs.

73, Ward N0AX



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