According to IARU, our Japanese friends aren''t "DX" on 160 and get to miss out on their own DX in the "window" unless the DX listens down below 1.825....not a fan of the "Plan," de W6UQZ
--- On Sun, 12/11/11, ZR <z...@jeremy.mv.com> wrote: From: ZR <z...@jeremy.mv.com> Subject: Re: Topband: Nice QRPP QSO To: "Ken" <wa8...@gmail.com>, "Eddy Swynar" <deswy...@xplornet.ca> Cc: "TOPBAND" <TOPBAND@CONTESTING.COM> Date: Sunday, December 11, 2011, 3:38 PM > > 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 _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK