Topband: DX window

[Mark Demeuleneere]

I worked 6Y0A during cqwwcw for my #200...he was working qrp 5 Watts, inside
the DX window. I was looking inside the DX window for mults, and found him,
although splatter from cq-ing EU's was heavy.

I recall being abroad in a semi-rare one, and being frustrated not being
able to be heard and to generate some contest traffic, because the DX window
was full of strong EU's cq-ing away.

Why not narrow the window to 3 kHz, and allow only DX stations to cq in
there during major contests ? DX being defined as : not EU, not USA/VE
(majority of callers). Would we allow Franz Jozef Land in there ? Yes.
Andorra, yes. Luxembourg, no (LX-boys, don't shoot me). Liechtenstein, got
to think about that one. ITU/UN, yes. Common sense. Semi-rare and rare ones.

Outside major contests this same window could be used by anyone for CQ DX
(some dislike those callers, I don't) for intercontinental contacts, and
people would tune to that window when looking for intercontinental Qs. With
nowadays low activity, this window would rarely be filled. Personally I
often call cq outside the 1830-1835 frame anyway.

Comments ?

Happy and healthy 2004 for all - Mark - on4ww (some who post here, don't
have their call sign in their e-mail address, and just sign by their first
name, no call...would be nice to know who you are in ham radio)

ps : the same goes for DX windows on higher bands, too often I did not find
a place to call in there when abroad, because EU or NA calling cq DX in
there...if up to me, EU/NA, leave those windows clean, don't cq dx in there
(14190-14200, 21290-21300 etc...)


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Tippett" <btippett at alum.mit.edu>
> AA1K wrote:
>  >I personally feel a "window" is a waste of space and should be
eliminated.
>
>  >Very few of my DX contacts in contests in recent years have been made in
> the "DX Window."
>
>  >I'd rather have that 5 kHz to help everyone spread out just a wee bit
> more to alleviate the general QRM.
>
>          My sentiments exactly Jon...but I wonder how many microseconds it
> will take for someone to say "typical East Coast comment"?  Funny thing,
> I felt exactly the same way when I operated the CQ 160 from Colorado.
>
>                                                  73,  Bill  W4ZV
>
> P.S.  To K6SE, you should try tuning outside the DX Window sometime
> Earl, then you would hear the JA's below 1825.  ;-)
>
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