Again, another guy who understands how to use his radios, Way way to go Rob, BTW nice to have you join us on the pre-net today, also good to have you in there.
73 Dave W9WRL.com Rob Atkinson wrote: > Hmm, interesting turn in this exchange. I think you are both right. > I do not see a problem with stations gravitating to multiples of 5 for > frequency as it seems to organize things under normal circumstances > and helps insure that there is less QRM between AM stations. However, > when things get tight, you have the freedom of moving around with a > VFO if you have one, as necessary. > > Think of the band as a big dinner table in a restaurant. it starts > out with everyone having equal space. but people keep showing up to > eat at the table and start squeezing in. That's okay and everyone > puts up with the occasional elbow going where it is not wanted but > besides that everyone eats and is happy. > > So if the band is relatively free or your part of it is, and you have > the luxury of picking a frequency to CQ on, why not pick a multiple of > 5 or close to it if you have a VFO, but if someone is on 3873 say, you > slide up to 3878 if there is a QSO on 3884 to 5 (not everyone zero > beat). You can call it the dreaded "channelized" word but I think of > it as being sensibly orderly. I don't like being channelized either > but I don't mind this as it is voluntary and no one is taking my VFOs > away from me and giving me a click stop xtal switch numbered 1-40. : > ) > > 73 > > Rob > K5UJ > > On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 7:24 PM, Todd, KA1KAQ <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 7:48 PM, Dave Mayfield W9WRL <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Because, Some guys are rock bound. It is normal operating procedure that >>> AM op's take place at 3880, 3885, 3890. No one buys a rock to operated a >>> vintage transmitter at 3887. You can say what you want the bottom line >>> is this. the net control for the Military net should have done a better >>> job, and no one should start a Q on 3887 the middle of the road. To do >>> so is just not understanding what your doing. >>> >> Not trying to pick a fight Dave, but I have to agree with Bernie on >> this one. Being rockbound is a choice and can be fun, but I'd bet it's >> more the exception than the rule. Sometimes the situation dictates >> using an odd frequency simply to give another, ongoing QSO enough >> space (regardless of mode). Everyone I know who operates with crystal >> control also has a VFO option available to use in order to participate >> in such conversations. Not only that, I have a lot of odd frequency >> crystals in the box here that were ground decades ago. >> >> Applying channelized thinking to today's bands for fone work is just >> too limiting. Right up there with restricting yourself to an imaginary >> "AM Window" tiny sliver of space. The same rules apply to frequencies >> in use regardless of whether they are even, odd, whole, or round. It's >> not like the bands are terribly congested these days. Expecting the >> vast majority to restrict their spectrum use to suit the possible few >> doesn't make sense either, in my opinion. But it is a hobby, and folks >> are free to operate what and how they choose, within the rules. >> >> Of course, I also heard Bernie respond with an S9+20 signal to a CQ on >> 40m a few weeks back 4 kcs away from an ongoing QSO I was in with >> several other ops, then complain about the interference we were >> causing. Being 40, I chose to give him the benefit of the doubt. 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