That plus the bandwidth of 160M antennas were probably taken into account in the decision to put it at 1.840. Moving the FT8 frequency much higher would shut a lot of the CW guys that like both modes.
73, Bill WE5P Comfortably Numb > On Oct 9, 2020, at 19:48, Mail 10 <mai...@barefoothorse.com.au> wrote: > > I rarely see CW activity much above 1830 kHz. The only issue I see from time > to time is SSB interference to the 1840 kHz FT8 channel. > > VK band is 1800 - 1875 kHz. If a particular mode were moved above 1900 kHz, > some here would miss out. We would have to do what JA FT8 ops did until > recently and operate split. > > Luke VK3HJ > >> On 10/10/2020 3:19 am, Ron Spencer via Topband wrote: >> I enjoy low band dxing and contesting. And have an above average set up. All >> that said, I get on when I want.....or not. Last I checked ham radio is >> still a hobby not an obligation. Re FT8: My only gripe is its location on >> 1840. PLENTY of room above 1900 so it wouldn't interfere with other modes. >> 1840 was, I feel, a poor choice. >> >> >> >> Ron >> >> N4XD >> >> Sent using https://www.zoho.com/mail/ >> _________________ >> Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector > _________________ > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector