Agreed - They should not operate in the Extra band if at all possible. BTW: Extra was 20 wpm, not 25 wpm. When I did my General, I had to receive AND transmit 13 wpm. I don't think I had to do the transmit part for my Extra though - just the receive. It's been a few QSOs ago...
73 de Andy W5ACM Andrew MacAllister | T +1 713 827 4334 From: BVARC [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bruce via BVARC Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2014 11:40 AM To: Scott Medbury; BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Subject: Re: [BVARC] W1AW/5 actually, you only indicate that they operated in the extra portion of the band on 20m and 160m today. can't you get worked all states on 10/12/15/17/30/40 meters in the general portion of the band? the 14.220 might only be a problem for them because isn't this the mswe weekend? the band was loaded with them yesterday and they might have had trouble finding a clear spot, especially if they need to work split. i feel your pain... when i received my general ticket in january, 1994, the py0yi, peter island dxpedition was in full swing and they were 20 over as well and i could not touch them. they eventually moved to the general portion a few days later and i did work them but that was very frustrating. back then, you needed to up your code speed to 25wpm for extra with a leap off in advanced. i did it, got my extra and now don't care where they are as i know i can work them. part of the hobby is advancing through the ranks and being able to do other things. however, i understand that the arrl represents everyone from technician to extra. why then are they not on 28m for the technicians everyday? i am sure there are a lot of techs that would love to have WAS. 73...bruce On 6/8/2014 10:07 AM, Scott Medbury via BVARC wrote: [cid:[email protected]] It sure would be nice if when W1AW/5 LA would locate within the General portion of the phone band on 80 meters or 40 or 20. Last night I had them 20 over on 3790 but that is out of band for me so all I could do was listen. This morning they are on 20 meters at 14.220. Same situation. 73 ... Scott KD5FBA Scott Medbury 16802 Aprilmont Drive Sugar Land, TX 77498-1941 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> _______________________________________________ BVARC mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org -- Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards ARRL Awards Manager (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0100z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* Also live streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes Latest satellite news on the ARRL Audio News http://www.arrl.org AMSAT on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/amsat
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