[UK-CONTEST] Fwd: 160m Contest Rules

[Dave Sergeant]

On 13 Feb 2007 at 10:51, G3SJJ wrote:

> My whole point about this is the continuing encroachment of SSB in
> what most of us used to recognise as the CW end of the band. As I said
> in a previous posting I think this is because in the UK the power
> limit now changes at 1850. You can't really blame the SSB guys.Why
> operate above 1850 and with lower power when you can go below that and
> put the amp on?

Except that if those SSB stations were operating according to the 
band plans they would not be heard below 1840 - the bandplan 
specifies a minimum carrier frequency for SSB of 1843.

73 Dave G3YMC

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