[TenTec] New and Coming 60 meter channels

[Mike Hyder -N4NT-]

What's SSB?
Mike N4NT

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave W7DPW" <w7dpw at attbi.com>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2003 12:41 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] New and Coming 60 meter channels


> What's CW ??
> 
> Dave W7DPW
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <w8au at sssnet.com>
> To: <tentec at contesting.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 9:32 PM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] New and Coming 60 meter channels
> 
> 
> > At 11:31 PM 05/14/2003, Mike N4NT wrote:
> > >If I were the FCC and wanted to destroy ham radio, I'd give us more
> and more
> > >bands.  By spreading us out, we are less likely to find others to
> talk with
> > >and more likely to become discouraged so that we operate less and
> less.
> > >That spiral will go down until all the bands sound dead.
> >
> > My gripe is....  what's wrong with CW on those small limited slots?
> > If it's emphasis is "emergency comms" when 80/40 are not effective,
> > why is CW left out?
> > How many CW signals could we comfortably (or uncomfortably) get into
> > one 2.8 kHz slot as opposed to ONE SSB signal?  Five? (one every 500
> Hz?)
> >
> > What a waste of effort here.....is anyone really THINKING?
> >
> > Fone ops won't agree.... and, of course, they don't have the CW
> traffic
> > handling experience to credibly disagree....!
> >
> > Perry     w8au