Topband: TB digital

[wa3mej at comcast.net]

I was afraid this was going to turn into a yours is bigger than mine.. geeze.. but at the risk of taking up space on Tree's forum..,,, 



With all due respect the area that people work JT65 in now is due I believe to IARU recommendations (or so I have been told) I have not however verified that myself.  I can tell you that several foriegn stations have said they can not work down low. 



Next one response said that he can copy better than signals better than JT65. If he had said PSK I would agree with him however JT65 can copy signals that barely print on my screen and can not be heard audibly.  If that is not the case then the person setting up the system has it set up incorrectly which brings me up to the next point. 



I agree with much of what Tom W8JI has said.  He is both smart and wise and he has noticed that many do not take the time to set up their equipment correctly meaning they over drive the radio, use radios that are old and not suitable or they have miswired the system which leads to a totally crappy signal and interference to others on the band both digital and CW.. oh  geeze  CW is digital isnt it.. hummmm. 



Finally,  you cant mean to tell me that the little bit of space being used by digital at the top of the CW window causes a hardship on anyone.. heck half of the time the SSB stations are even down there and no one growls about that.. and wait until a SSB contest you wont find an empty spot in the CW band.. so what is the beef with 5 KHz or less being used, sometimes for a sound card digital mode when much of the CW band is empty 75 percent of the time. 



I would suggest that we do take this discussion to another venue less Tree moderates all of us..  It is ok to email me directly. 



Jim 



P.S. I do work CW  I dont hate it ya know. 


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