This was posted on the ARRL Web site earlier this morning.
Thanks for your input.
73,
David Sumner, K1ZZ
W1AW 160-meter frequency change put on hold (Mar 1, 2006) -- QRX on that W1AW
QSY! Maxim Memorial Station W1AW has rescinded recently announced plans to
change its 160-meter CW frequency starting Monday, April 3 and will remain on
1817.5 kHz for the time being. The announced change to 1807.5 kHz was aimed at
reducing the possibility of interfering with DX stations that have begun
showing up in the vicinity of 1817.5 kHz. "Lately we have received more
complaints about W1AW interfering with weak DX signals," said ARRL CEO and W1AW
Trustee David Sumner, K1ZZ. "Some of these complaints were about key cicks,
which set us on a quest to put the cleanest transmitter we could find on 160."
With the key click problem on the way to resolution, it was decided nonetheless
to move W1AW's 160-meter frequency lower in the band. "After what we thought
was due diligence we decided that it made sense to shift below 1810 kHz,"
Sumner recounted, "since that is the lower band edge in Region 1 and
would pretty much eliminate the conflict with DXers." Monitoring showed that
1807.5 appeared to be generally clear. "Unfortunately," Sumner continued, "we
failed to pick up the fact that PSK31 operators appear to have adopted 1807 kHz
as their 160-meter frequency, and we don't want to conflict with any
established activity centers." Under a tight deadline to announce the W1AW
operating schedule 30 days in advance, the League has rescinded the frequency
shift for now. Sumner said the question will be revisited over the summer to
try to gain consensus on a frequency to shift to after Daylight Saving Time
ends October 29.
-----Original Message-----
From: Thomas Giella KN4LF [mailto:flcyclone@tampabay.rr.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 6:29 PM
To: a RTTY COL eList; a Psk31 QTH eList; a Psk31 es eList; a psk31
eGroup; a PSK31 070 eGroup; a Oliviadata eGroup; a MFSK eGroup; a
Digital Radio eGroup
Cc: Carcia, Joe, NJ1Q; Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ; Turner, Dee (SM WCF);
Donahue, Sandy (Vice Dir SE); Butler, Frank (Dir, SE)
Subject: ARRL To QSY To 1807.500 KC
Hello Joe,
I was hoping that you would pay me the courtesy of responding back about my
concern over the plan for W1AW to QSY from 1817.500 kc to 1807.500 kc, right
on top of the weak digital signal PSK31/63, MFSK16, OLIVIA MFSK, RTTY
calling frequency.
If RM-11306 band segregation by bandwidth becomes a Part 97 regulation, the
ARRL has proposed that the mayhem be controlled by voluntary band plan. How
do you expect ham's to take ARRL band plans seriously when the ARRL violates
them.
Do as I say not as I do hypocricy?
--... ...--,
Thomas F. Giella, KN4LF
Lakeland, FL, USA
Grid Square EL97AW
kn4lf@arrl.net
KN4LF Amateur & SWL Radio History: http://www.kn4lf.com
KN4LF 160 Meter Propagation Theory Notes: http://www.kn4lf.com/kn4lf8.htm
----- Original Message -----
From: Thomas Giella KN4LF
To: ARRL Joe Carcia NJ1Q
Cc: k1zz@arrl.org
Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 10:20 PM
Subject: ARRL To QSY To 1807.500 KC
Joe,
As an ARRL member in good standing I'm advising you that it is a very bad
idea to QSY W1AW operations from 1817.500 kc to 1807.500 kc beginning on
April 3rd, 2006. 1807.500 kc +/- 3 kc is a main and very active frequency
slice for weak signal PSK31, MFSK16, OLIVIA MFSK and RTTY digital
operations. W1AW operation there would wipe out this main meeting frequency
and more.
On 160 meters the ARRL band plan calls for digital modes between 1800-1810
kc and CW between 1800-2000 kc, so it makes no sense to begin operation on
1807.500 kc. If you do the math it's 10 kc for digital modes and 200 kc for
CW.
I'm an avid CW operator too and I'm aware of the pressure the 160 meter CW
DX community has been putting on your 1817.500 kc operations. But the
solution to that issue is not to QSY down to 1807.500 kc. Please reconsider
your frequency choice.
--... ...--,
Thomas F. Giella, KN4LF
Lakeland, FL, USA
Grid Square EL97AW
kn4lf@arrl.net
KN4LF Amateur & SWL Radio History: http://www.kn4lf.com
KN4LF 160 Meter Propagation Theory Notes: http://www.kn4lf.com/kn4lf8.htm
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 19:09:52 -0000
From: "Michael E Dobson" <wa3kyy@arrl.net>
Subject: New ARRL 160M CW Frequency on top of PSK Frequency
Check this out folks. We all need to email ARRL in protest. From the
ARRL Web site:
W1AW to QSY on 160 meters (Feb 23, 2006) -- Starting Monday, April 3,
Maxim Memorial Station W1AW will be using a new 160-meter frequency
for its CW transmissions. The new frequency will be 1807.5 kHz. "The
last time we shifted frequency on 160 meters was back in 2003," says
W1AW Station Manager Joe Carcia, NJ1Q. "Since that time, operating
patterns have changed, and there is more DX showing up near our
current frequency of 1817.5 kHz. We're shifting frequency to reduce
the possibility of interference."
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