[RTTY] Contest QRMing of other digimodes (ARRL BOD)

[Mark n2qt]

As an aside, the upcoming ARRL BoD meeting starts Jan 16.  It has on the agenda
the Report from the Ad Hoc HF Band Plan committee.  As you probably know this was 
created in response to the unhappiness expressed after the preemptory release of 
RM-11708.  There may well also be discussion over the BoD comments related to new 
Technician class digital mode privileges.

These reports are often covered under the Consent Agenda which means they may not 
be disclosed in the resulting minutes if no action is taken.  So we may not know what was
reported or what possible direction the board may be considering. 

I hope everyone has previously expressed their opinions to the Band Plan Committee. I also
am hopeful that we may learn what the committee has concluded.  

I intend to ask my director for transparency on these topics. 

Mark. N2QT

>> On Jan 7, 2015, at 5:23 PM, Peter Laws <plaws0 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 3:17 PM, Dave Barr <recordupe at verizon.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Yes, there has been operation close to the upper limits, but never without
>> very wide gaps below those top qrgs.   Very easy to avoid psk and jt's
>> without compromising room to operate.
>> 
>> It would be very interesting to see a list of what frequencies the top
>> scorers run on, as well as a frequency distribution chart incorporating data
>> from all contest logs that do report actual qso qrgs.
> 
> 
> I only have a 10 m dipole up right now (and a WARC trap dipole that I
> probably could have loaded ..) so I was only on that band.  Cabrillo
> rounds your frequency so there is, in reality, more variation than
> shows here, but regardless ... when I wasn't running on 28111.75 (yes,
> that's why I chose it) I never heard anyone much higher than 28117.
> Well, no one I could work.  Yep, there's still another 183 kHz, but
> ain't no body there.  So you can make the argument, in fact I will,
> that the other modes have plenty of room to spread out but don't.
> 
> 
> 
> done
> 28080 MHz: 2
> 28081 MHz: 3
> 28082 MHz: 2
> 28083 MHz: 2
> 28084 MHz: 2
> 28085 MHz: 2
> 28086 MHz: 2
> 28087 MHz: 2
> 28088 MHz: 3
> 28089 MHz: 42
> 28090 MHz: 1
> 28091 MHz: 2
> 28092 MHz: 6
> 28093 MHz: 1
> 28094 MHz: 2
> 28095 MHz: 3
> 28096 MHz: 1
> 28097 MHz: 3
> 28098 MHz: 1
> 28099 MHz: 2
> 28100 MHz: 1
> 28103 MHz: 3
> 28104 MHz: 2
> 28105 MHz: 1
> 28107 MHz: 1
> 28108 MHz: 1
> 28110 MHz: 2
> 28111 MHz: 6
> 28112 MHz: 158
> 28113 MHz: 1
> 28114 MHz: 1
> 28117 MHz: 1
> 
> 
> 
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