Topband: 160 Meters and ARRL

[Tod - ID]

Don:

Thanks for the 'fill' on the missing piece of 160 meters. I have been a ham
for over 50 years, but still think of myself as a "newbie" with respect to
160. Tom's remark makes more sense when I know the piece of the past you
mention.

Thanks,


Tod, KØTO

 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: topband-bounces at contesting.com 
> [mailto:topband-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Donald Chester
> Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 5:12 PM
> To: Topband at contesting.com
> Subject: RE: Topband: 160 Meters and ARRL
> 
> 
> 
> >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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