I noticed this as well last night (after commenting on Rick's post).
I agree that it probably has a lot to do with having always done
things this way in the past. I also noticed that things pretty well
stopped at about 3700. I heard several DX stations CQing down low,
saying they were listening above 3800. The general boundary is up at
3800 - perhaps the DX wanted to catch as many of those folks as
possible? Do generals outnumber extras at this point (especially in
DX contests (I would think not))?
On Mar 4, 2007, at 6:52 AM, Zack Widup wrote:
>
> That's a good point. Just because we know we can now go down to
> 3600 kHz
> doesn't mean the DX knows it. Many might still be expecting us to be
> calling CQ up around 3800.
>
> 73, Zack W9SZ
>
> On Sun, 4 Mar 2007, Dick Pechie wrote:
>
>> I confess, I was one of those and probably the station Rick
>> mentions. What
>> little operating I have done so far this weekend on 80M I for one
>> have
>> found the rate to be better operating the "old" way. Maybe after
>> everyone
>> (DX that is) catches on to the new privileges the logical thing is to
>> operate simplex down low.
>>
>> Dick - KB1H
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Rick Dougherty" <nq4i@contesting.com>
>>
>>> Hi all...just listening around on 75 m ssb during the ARRL SSB
>>> test and
>> observed the following....US station N2XYZ cqing on a 3820 +- freq
>> and qsx
>> on 3670+- freq...why do this? Why not cq on 3670 and listen on
>> that same
>> freq? We now have the privileges for the freq and they are
>> definitely quiet
>> enough?? Or am I entirely missing something here? de Rick nq4i
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