According to IARU, our Japanese friends aren''t "DX" on 160 and get to miss out
on their own DX in the "window" unless the DX listens down below 1.825....not a
fan of the "Plan," de W6UQZ
--- On Sun, 12/11/11, ZR <zr@jeremy.mv.com> wrote:
From: ZR <zr@jeremy.mv.com>
Subject: Re: Topband: Nice QRPP QSO
To: "Ken" <wa8jxm@gmail.com>, "Eddy Swynar" <deswynar@xplornet.ca>
Cc: "TOPBAND" <TOPBAND@CONTESTING.COM>
Date: Sunday, December 11, 2011, 3:38 PM
>
> On Dec 11, 2011, at 9:52 AM, Eddy Swynar wrote:
>
>> One bit of advice, though: save yourself a LOT of potential grief, &
>> limit operations between 1800- & 1810-KHz, i.e. the extreme bottom 10-KHz
>> of the band. Apart from the W1AW code practice sessions there, that part
>> of the band is usually unoccupied. If you call CQ QRP anywhere from about
>> 1812- to 1835-KHz, you could well incur the wrath of the DX crowd hunting
>> their quarry therein...! Be forewarned...
>
> The Ham world needs to get their act together! Not complaining about
> your advice Eddy, but just yesterday I found the IARU recommended 160m
> bandplan (dated October 2010):
>
> 1800-1810 digi modes
> 1810-1830 CW
> 1812 QRP
> 1830-1840 DX window
>
> Isn't it nice that the amateur radio bureaucrats are totally disconnected
> from reality?
>
> I try to be cooperative but in truth I can't figure out where in the heck
> I should operate on 160 with casual CW operation. I usually hang around
> 1836-38 for digital (Contestia, Olivia, Thor).
>
> 73, Ken WA8JXM
I agree with the IARU plan for digi (-;
Carl
KM1H
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