On Dec 11, 2011, at 9:52 AM, Eddy Swynar wrote: > One bit of advice, though: save yourself a LOT of potential grief, & limit > operations between 1800- & 1810-KHz, i.e. the extreme bottom 10-KHz of the > band. Apart from the W1AW code practice sessions there, that part of the band > is usually unoccupied. If you call CQ QRP anywhere from about 1812- to > 1835-KHz, you could well incur the wrath of the DX crowd hunting their quarry > therein...! Be forewarned...
The Ham world needs to get their act together! Not complaining about your advice Eddy, but just yesterday I found the IARU recommended 160m bandplan (dated October 2010): 1800-1810 digi modes 1810-1830 CW 1812 QRP 1830-1840 DX window Isn't it nice that the amateur radio bureaucrats are totally disconnected from reality? I try to be cooperative but in truth I can't figure out where in the heck I should operate on 160 with casual CW operation. I usually hang around 1836-38 for digital (Contestia, Olivia, Thor). 73, Ken WA8JXM _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
