After re-thinking things....your right Jeff. Why SHOULD CW move off
just to accommodate the RTTY guys/gals.
I was not aware of the European "Gentleman's Agreement". Now that puts
a different light on things. Sounds like some e-mails are needed to the
right committee's.
Anyone have the address's handy?
Dan/W4NTI
ku8e at bellsouth.net wrote:
> 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
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> SECC mailing list
> SECC at contesting.com
> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/secc
>
>
>
--
No virus found in this outgoing message.
Checked by AVG Free Edition.
Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.8/455 - Release Date: 9/22/2006
|