[AMPS] Re: John Deere boys on 1822.5

[km1h @ juno.com]

On Sat, 21 Feb 1998 14:43:27 -0600 philk5pc@connect.net (Phil Clements)
writes:
>At 01:46 PM 2/21/98 -0500, David Thompson wrote:
>
>>
>>We had this discussion and neither the ARRL or any IARU contry is 
>going to
>>put together a band plan until the band is 100% amateur (at least 1.8 
>to
>>1.9).  95% of the time this is what happens.  Most on SSB do not go 
>below
>1.84.
>
>A point well taken, Dave. I hope this occurs soon!.
>
>
>>
>>Not totally unrealistic...More DX can work 1830 to 1835 than below 
>1830.
>>Thats why I and ARRL changed the DX window from the previous 
>1825-1830.
>
>
>You are looking at the world strictly from a contester's veiwpoint. A 
>lot
>of us are not looking for multiplyers during a contest...we are 
>looking for
>new countries. Most of us don't need Germany and France anymore. The 
>least
>you can do is get together with the DX community and try to drive the 
>point
>home
>to these rare DX expeditions to observe your 1830 and up DX window, if 
>so
>many countries are restricted as you say. It would up their QSO rates 
>if they
>were where the majority of the world is legal to operate. I do not 
>recall
>ANY DXpedition in the last 15 years that has posted a QRV frequency 
>above
>1828! Someone needs to get together on this.
>
>
>Even with your present window, you and I both know that many big gun 
>contest
>stations crowd the window at both ends,  with signals so big my 250hz 
>filter
>is useless. They would never crowd a band edge like that! The reduces 
>your
>window
>to a mere 3 khz or so. You could at LEAST widen the window to 10khz or 
>more.
>160m is a BIG band...why bunch up the DX to such a small area in a DX 
>contest?
>
>(((73)))
>Phil, K5PC


Why not take this limited interest discussion to TOPBAND...where it
belongs?

Thanx  Carl  KM1H

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