I agree .174 is not a great choice being so close to .175. At least do a
splinter freq of .172.5 keeping the adjacent channel interference to a
minimum.
If finding a clean frequency on 2m is such a struggle my suggestion is to
keep 2m FT-8 Free. There is so much special interests band segments on 2m it
sure
does seem finding an FT-8 home is going to bother someone. I would rather
see 2 freq on 6m to avoid a lot of collisions and speed up the contact. I
guess these
digital modes have merit but I find them boring watching my PC make a
contact. Crowding CW and SSB makes no sense.
2m = FT-8 FREE. PROBLEM SOLVED...
Steve
K1IIG
Ditto. I was also at the conference and have used 144.174 for FT8 in
VE7Land. 144.174 seems to me to be a reasonable choice for the PNW,
South Western BC and neighbouring areas.
If someone wants to put some effort into finding an alternative frequency
that might be better for use in all of Canada and the USA I might consider
changing, but for now I'm fine with 144.174 for FT8.
73
Mark S
VE7AFZ
mark@alignedsolutions.com
604 762 4099
On Jul 12, 2018, at 12:34 PM, James C <jabeco@gmail.com> wrote:
FWIW,
In the PNW, 144.174 was chosen as the preferential and common convention
frequency for FT8 at last years PNWVHFS Conference.
That being said, We may not have the activity levels as seen in other
parts
of the country so this may be less of an issue for us.
144.174 has been getting a workout up here since it was chosen and I
haven't seen or heard of any complaints, regionally or otherwise until
now.
'If it ain't broke lets not fix it.'
.-James K7KQA DN06 - PNWVHFS Vice-Pres.
On Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 11:33 AM, Zack Widup <w9sz.zack@gmail.com>
wrote:
Yes, very true. And in this area at least (and I'm sure others too) the
activity in contests goes down to at least 144.175. If you go very much
below that you start to encroach on the EME'ers. I myself don't use any
digital modes in contests. I generally operate Singe Op (QRP) Portable
and
don't take a computer with me. I log on paper.
73, Zack W9SZ
On Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 1:21 PM, Rick R <rick1ds@hotmail.com> wrote:
The suggested frequencies for 2m "somewhere between 144.105 and
144.145"
would infringe on the 2m EME JT65 activity.
Rick, K1DS
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Cc: vhfcontesting@contesting.com; vhf@w6yx.stanford.edu
Subject: Re: [NEWSVHF] 144.174 FT8 activity
How about move it somewhere between 144.105 and 144.145. Mark k1map
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Jul
12, 2018 1:11 PMTo: wz1v@sbcglobal.net;newsvhf@mailman.qth.net;Cc:
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[NEWSVHF]
144.174 FT8 activity
Ron, sounds good to me but what does the rest of the country think?
Stan
KA1ZE/3
-----Original Message-----
From: Ron Klimas WZ1V
To: newsvhf
Cc: vhfcontesting ; vhf
Sent: Thu, Jul 12, 2018 12:43 pm
Subject: Re: [NEWSVHF] 144.174 FT8 activity
I now have FT8 capability HF through 432.
It's my least preferred mode.
IMO it's a "necessary evil" to have or be left out.
If you operate 6M you know what I mean.
One thing I'd really like to change is 144.174.
Who was responsible for choosing that ?
Way too close to the SSB-CW part of the band.
Disputes already started with a long-time 144.175 SSB Net.
I'd like to start a campaign to move it to 144.165.
That's where it should have been to start with.
Who else agrees? Thoughts?
-73 Ron WZ1V
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