Topband: 160 activity night

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That plus the bandwidth of 160M antennas were probably taken into account in the decision to put it at 1.840. Moving the FT8 frequency much higher would shut a lot of the CW guys that like both modes.

73,
Bill WE5P

Comfortably Numb

> On Oct 9, 2020, at 19:48, Mail 10 <mail10 at barefoothorse.com.au> wrote:
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> I rarely see CW activity much above 1830 kHz. The only issue I see from time to time is SSB interference to the 1840 kHz FT8 channel.
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> VK band is 1800 - 1875 kHz. If a particular mode were moved above 1900 kHz, some here would miss out. We would have to do what JA FT8 ops did until recently and operate split.
> 
> Luke VK3HJ
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>> On 10/10/2020 3:19 am, Ron Spencer via Topband wrote:
>> I enjoy low band dxing and contesting. And have an above average set up. All that said, I get on when I want.....or not. Last I checked ham radio is still a hobby not an obligation. Re FT8: My only gripe is its location on 1840. PLENTY of room above 1900 so it wouldn't interfere with other modes. 1840 was, I feel, a poor choice.
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>> Ron
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>> N4XD
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