N7MAL wrote: I would like to suggest to the CQWWSSB guru's that a cut-off frequency be set for 40 meters. I think 7025 and above is more than reasonable for SSB operation during the contest. Good idea, but I wonder what reasoning USA stations are using for operating SSB in the lower 25 kc. 1 K3 in particular was on 7006.00 and there were others. 73 Ed