Topband: 160 Meters and ARRL

[Donald Chester]

>Why the ARRL constantly ignores 160 is beyond me. In the 70's, Prose Walker
>told W2EQS and myself in written correspondence that 160 could be fully
>returned to amateurs if there was any push at all. Needless to say there
>wasn't any effort.

160 STILL hasn't been fully restored to amateurs.  During the 30's the band 
allocation was 1715-2000.  Briefly, before WW2 (I'm not sure amateurs ever 
actually got to use it before the war shutdown) 1715-1750 was deleted from 
the amateur spectrum, but 2000-2050 was added, giving a 300 kHz wide band, 
1750-2050.

I remember back in the 60's when all we had 1800-1825 with 200w daytime/50w 
nighttime power limit, and the west coast had 1975-2000.  Gulf Coast states 
were not allowed to use the band at all. QST and other ham rags were full of 
ads boasting of "all-band" 80-10m transmitters and receivers.  A few hardy 
souls kept what little was left of the band active, so that interest didn't 
die out completely.

Don K4KYV

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