[CQ-Contest] 40m SSB

[Bruce Sawyer]

Re all the recent comments about 40m sideband frequencies....

My SSB range here in CI is 7050-7300.  I have tried CQing in 7150-7300,
but nobody in the US ever listens there.  That was totally unproductive,
so all I could do was try to squeeze into the wall below 7100 and try to
hold a listening frequency above 7150.  For a while I tried alternating
CQs on the two frequencies, but never once did I get an answer on the
high (i.e., >7150) frequency.  It seems to me that the US folks are all
either CQing there themselves (listening down), or they are S&P below
7100.  

This was in the ARRL DX SSB contest, not WPX this past weekend.  I
didn't even bother with WPX, except for scanning the bands a couple of
times after sunset and answering a whopping total of 63 people.  There
is some slim chance things on 40m were a little different in WPX, since
US-US contacts were at least marginally productive for people, but
somehow I doubt many people were listening above 7150.

Are there many other countries outside US/VE where 40m operation above
7150 is allowed?  Even if there were a bunch of them, I would expect
operators there have had the same experience I have and now don't even
bother CQing above 7150.

Bruce, ZF2NT



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