> > 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
I agree with the IARU plan for digi (-; Carl KM1H _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK