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From: "Stan or Patricia Griffiths" <w7ni@easystreet.com>
To: "Towertalk (E-mail)" <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2001 06:19
Subject: [TowerTalk] Proposed Changes to 40 Meters
> On the surface, this may seem an inappropriate subject for
> this reflector but consider the implications to all of us
> with 40 meter beams if the band were suddenly moved down 100
> KHz to 6.9 MHz.
Not quite all of us....I'd certainly enjoy an expansion of 40m in either
direction.... To that end (of course, it'll never happen now that I planned
ahead!) the 5 el 40m OWA style yagi that went up here last fall covers from
6.9 to 7.3 - just in case.
73 Don
VE6JY
> I have not heard what the ARRL would propose for a band plan
> if the 40 meter band suddenly changed from 7.0-7.3 MHz to
> 6.9- 7.2 MHz. If the entire band plan just shifts down 100
> KHz, that means anyone who operates the low end of 40 cw
> will have to lengthen his elements to get the same
> performance from his antenna as he does now. For most of
> us, it means more than just telescoping the elements out a
> little farther. I doubt there is enough spare aluminum in
> your current beam to do this. I don't think there is in
> mine. I would be much happier if the band plan would take
> the activity normally found in the 7.2-7.3 region and move
> it to the 6.9-7.0 slot and just leave the rest of it alone.
> Since I never operate in the 7.2-7.3 region, I wouldn't have
> to do anything to my antenna.
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