Topband: Nice QRPP QSO

[Ken]

On Dec 11, 2011, at 9:52 AM, Eddy Swynar wrote:

> One bit of advice, though: save yourself a LOT of potential grief, & limit operations between 1800- & 1810-KHz, i.e. the extreme bottom 10-KHz of the band. Apart from the W1AW code practice sessions there, that part of the band is usually unoccupied. If you call CQ QRP anywhere from about 1812- to 1835-KHz, you could well incur the wrath of the DX crowd hunting their quarry therein...! Be forewarned...

The Ham world needs to get their act together!     Not complaining about your advice Eddy, but just yesterday I found the IARU recommended 160m bandplan (dated October 2010):

1800-1810   digi modes
1810-1830   CW
1812            QRP
1830-1840   DX window

Isn't it nice that the amateur radio bureaucrats are totally disconnected from reality?

I try to be cooperative but in truth I can't figure out where in the heck I should operate on 160 with casual CW operation.  I usually hang around 1836-38 for digital (Contestia, Olivia, Thor).  

73, Ken WA8JXM