Not a bad idea, at all.
Where did this business about high bands being USB, and low bands being LSB
come
from, anyway ?
Are there any technical or legal reasons why we shouldn't switch to USB on 40
meters ?
73,
Steve, N2IC
kr2q@optimum.net wrote:
> Recently, there has been some comment (privately and otherwise) about USA
> guys being
> "out of the band" on 40 SSB. Namely, how close to 7125 can you get, not the
> "ooops"
> type of split event where you end up using the "wrong" VFO.
>
> Call me stupid (nevermind, that's been done before), but why are we still
> using LSB on 40m?
>
> If we would all agree to use USB on 40 SSB, then we could snuggle up against
> the bottom
> edge. Yes, this would cause the "reverse" problem at the top end, but
> really, who is trying
> to run guys from up there? For most of us, our antennas aren't that broad
> any way.
>
> In theory (or on paper, if you prefer), this would allow us to fit stations
> in (well, maybe 2 more)
> in the valuable "lower half" of the phone band. And just think...one less
> item to complain about.
>
> Using USB on 40...wow...talk about extreme "out of the box" thinking. I
> wonder if that would
> qualify for the XTREME category in CQWW?
>
> de Doug KR2Q
>
> PS...this is actually a REAL suggestion.
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