Now Bill, if you had taken a little time to think before you
spoke, you would not have stated your frustration as you
have.
If you would have actually listened, you would have found,
as I did, that the band was FULL of cw signals from top to
bottom with practically no place to insert another signal.
Compressing 1800 - 1890 into 1800 - 1843 would not have
worked. Indeed there were inconsiderate contest operators,
but probably not the kind you refer to. The band was so
full of signals that stations were operating on top of one
another. It must have been a lot worse on the east coast
with European signals included than out in the northern mid
west. We should all be pleased at the level of 160m
activity rather than bitching. Bill, join the fun and
operate in the contest if you are stuck on 160m.
Doug/VA5DX
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Inconsiderate CW Operators....
Yes, this weekend during the CQ 160m CW contest, there were
lots of
inconsiderate CW operators, operating way above 1843 kHz --
I heard
some of them as high as 1880 kHz.
There's plenty of space for CW operation below 1843 kHz,
there's no
need to crowd into the SSB portion at all. No excuse.
There's nothing
worse than trying to DX or Ragchew on SSB but to be invaded
by a
bunch of inconsiderate CW operators straying way out of
their portion
of the band....
<grin> -- for the sarcasm-impaired.
Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: aa4lr@arrl.net
Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!"
-- Wilbur Wright, 1901
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