Don:
Thanks for the 'fill' on the missing piece of 160 meters. I have been a ham
for over 50 years, but still think of myself as a "newbie" with respect to
160. Tom's remark makes more sense when I know the piece of the past you
mention.
Thanks,
Tod, KØTO
> -----Original Message-----
> From: topband-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:topband-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Donald Chester
> Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 5:12 PM
> To: Topband@contesting.com
> Subject: RE: Topband: 160 Meters and ARRL
>
>
>
> >Why the ARRL constantly ignores 160 is beyond me. In the 70's, Prose
> >Walker told W2EQS and myself in written correspondence that
> 160 could
> >be fully returned to amateurs if there was any push at all.
> Needless to
> >say there wasn't any effort.
>
> 160 STILL hasn't been fully restored to amateurs. During the
> 30's the band allocation was 1715-2000. Briefly, before WW2
> (I'm not sure amateurs ever actually got to use it before the
> war shutdown) 1715-1750 was deleted from the amateur
> spectrum, but 2000-2050 was added, giving a 300 kHz wide
> band, 1750-2050.
>
> I remember back in the 60's when all we had 1800-1825 with
> 200w daytime/50w nighttime power limit, and the west coast
> had 1975-2000. Gulf Coast states were not allowed to use the
> band at all. QST and other ham rags were full of ads boasting
> of "all-band" 80-10m transmitters and receivers. A few hardy
> souls kept what little was left of the band active, so that
> interest didn't die out completely.
>
> Don K4KYV
>
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