[CQ-Contest] Frequency Conservation

[Jimk8mr at aol.com]

I did not file any comments, but a year or two ago I did a bit of  
observation on 80 meters on several random weekday winter evenings.
 
Basically there were no open frequencies in USA phone band.  On  CW, there 
was perhaps one qso every 5 KHz from 3500 to 3580, then a few digital  signals,  
then a scattering of Canadians on SSB above 3650 or  so.
 
Even in SS, activity no longer gets much above 3575 or so on CW.  On  SSB, if 
you can't get a frequency early and hold onto it, you might as well take  a 
tune across the band and then go watch television.
 
The AM guys may have been the ones lobbying, but they got it right.
 
 
73  -  Jim  K8MR