Topband: Top band Civil war of the 1960s and 70s.

[JAMESAMS88 at aol.com]

I bet many of you old time top band operators, like Herb, Tom, Barry and 
others remember the problems we use to have trying to keep the DX window clear of 
the phone stations. One station in the Midwest said he had just as much a 
right to operate SSB in the window as anyone, and he was right of course. There 
was several others that thought the same, they forgot I guess that top band was 
a gentleman's band and we all should try to get along. It almost became a war 
between the DXers and the SSB ragchewers. As I remember it got really bad at 
times with swearing, name calling and deliberate QRM. It was really sad. I do 
hope our latest escapade does not develop into a war like we had back then.  We 
should try to get across to the ARRL to treat 160 like any other band and 
separate the CW from the phone. I would hope the ARRL would pressure the FCC to 
do this.   Jim Graham  WØNFL