-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I'll second that and add ANY HF band below 30MHz. Ever notice nobody ever complains about the guys running real AM? It always seems to be the ESSB Harry Cary wannabes getting in trouble with splatter, QRMing ongoing QSO's, etc....
Julian G4ILO wrote: > On 8/13/07, Brett gazdzinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Another thing that interests me is that I listen at night >> and there are a bunch of the usual suspects talking >> about nothing for the most part (80 meters). >> Its so important to fit a few more appliance operators >> on the band to talk with friends about their pickup truck >> that you have to rain on others parade? >> >> That's hardly vital communications. >> > > Neither are contest exchanges, getting a "59" from a DX station to add > another prefix to the list, or digimoders exchanging their Windows OS > version and the model number of their RigBlaster. Let's not go there. > > I thought the argument was about using spectrum space efficiently. > There are bands where it would be perfectly OK, license conditions > aside, to use ESSB - anywhere above 28MHz springs to mind - but 80 > metres isn't it. It doesn't matter what people want to talk about, > anyone using more bandwidth than they need just to have nicer-sounding > audio which is not essential to the actual conveying of information is > just being plain selfish, on a band where clear frequencies are > already hard to find. > - -- R. Kevin Stover, ACØH -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGwENo11jxjloa2wsRAinOAJ9FYgEK5p9XAxSBegF/dzRghj+ugQCgkCMQ M8Djj1EsvF/eDOcWFiijj9w= =/4mV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com