[CQ-Contest] RE: Feb 04 QST op-ed article

[Bud Hippisley, K2KIR]

At 12:49 PM 2004-01-17, Eric Scace K3NA wrote:
>   There would be less SSB contest activity pressure on the bands if USA stations were permitted to operate down to 3600, 7100,
>14100, etc...

Nahhh.   There is a semi-inexhaustible supply of SSB stations waiting in the wings to get on the air the minute the perceived QRM level lessens.

Later he wrote:
If USA non-contest phone operators want some relief from congestion, they could join us in agitating for sub-band expansion.

Nahhh again.  No relief from congestion will occur.  The bands will fill up to the current level of congestion -- the only difference is that there would be at least 20% more non-contesters complaining.  

The irony of this discussion is that it's been a full half-century since the last meaningful reduction in voice bandwidths (SSB) hit the HF bands.  Instead of petitioning for a change in sub-bands that's a drop in the bucket, why not put all that psychic energy into inventing and implementing a new, more efficient mode of voice transmission?

Bud, K2KIR