AA4LR wrote :
" Perhaps during a RTTY or SSB contest, the CW ops might head to 7100-7150. At
least for the next
two or three years."
Sorry Bill... that ain't going to happen. Besides, why should those
operating CW move ? The guys
operating RTTY and SSB are encroaching on frequencies, that for years have
be used for CW only.
There was no problem until RTTY contesting started becoming more popular.
As far as SSB.. I think those DX stations who operated below 7040 should
be DQ'ed. It is true
they are within the rules of their country's frequency allocations but they
are violating the IARU
bandplan for their region. This could be controlled if the contest sponsors
would step up and
disallow this.
There are gentleman agreements (i.e bandplans) that have been in place for
years. They say
7040 for DX RTTY and 7080-7100 for everyone else. Just because the FCC rules
say you could
technically operate RTTY in the 160 meter DX window would you do it ??? No
I realize this ain't going to work for a major contest like CQWW RTTY. I
see no reason why the
RTTY activity can't shift up to include 7100-7150. Those frequencies are not
used much since the
novice class was phased out.
Jeff KU8E
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