[UK-CONTEST] Digital on 160

[ALANNOTTAGE@aol.com]

In a message dated 03/03/06 16:14:25 GMT Standard Time, ve3zi at yahoo.com 
writes:


> Sorry to ride my hobby horse, but for the life of me I fail to understand 
> why (in NA anyway), just about all SSB operation takes place below 1870, and 
> often spills
> into the CW DX band, when all of NA has 1800-2000 available, and many of the 
> SSB contacts are across town. 

I think antenna bandwidth may have a part to play here.  

After the recent contests, and when posting their score to the reflector, 
some folks have been commenting about not being able to use their amps when 
operating much above 1870khz, presumably due to lack of a QRO matcher.

Al G0XBV