Hi All
Just to provide a little perspective from across the pond. DX operation
below 1820 kHz has increased significantly since JAs were allowed access
to this portion of 160m (1810.0 - 1825.0 kHz). There is considerable
activity at JA sunrise, which of course tends to coincide with east
coast NA sunset. During the last few weeks I've heard several NA
stations trying grey-line QSOs with JA stations in this part of 160m. On
the other hand, I've had QSOs with JAs on 1817.5 kHz at around the same
time and have not heard W1AW at all, even when other NA stations are on
the band. Perhaps a look at operating schedules would therefore suffice
in this regard, avoiding transmissions on 1817.5 kHz at peak propagation
times around the equinox. Furthermore, top band DXing seems to be
gaining interest and use of the whole band is now common place in Europe
to avoid problems from other big signals! It could therefore be of
interest to examine the stats from a DX-Cluster node (or DX Summit) with
a global feed to check recent DX usage. And a reminder that most
countries do not have access to the band 1800.0 - 1810.0 kHz, which
could of course could be used by those countries that do for split working!
So all in all perhaps 1800.0 - 1810.0 kHz is a good choice for mode
planning for specific intra ITU Region 2 activities. Just a few thoughts!
73s Dave
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