Topband: Band Plan

[jh-mty at sbcglobal.net]

According to IARU, our Japanese friends aren''t "DX" on 160 and get to miss out on their own DX in the "window" unless the DX listens down below 1.825....not a fan of the "Plan," de W6UQZ 

--- On Sun, 12/11/11, ZR <zr at jeremy.mv.com> wrote:


From: ZR <zr at jeremy.mv.com>
Subject: Re: Topband: Nice QRPP QSO
To: "Ken" <wa8jxm at gmail.com>, "Eddy Swynar" <deswynar at xplornet.ca>
Cc: "TOPBAND" <TOPBAND at CONTESTING.COM>
Date: Sunday, December 11, 2011, 3:38 PM




>
> 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


I agree with the IARU plan for digi (-;

Carl
KM1H

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