Danny wrote: "Less QRM from stateside stations above 7.1, and to keep stateside stations from calling them. They were NOT trying to DX, so any place above 7.1 would have worked (of course avoiding short wave broadcast). "
I don't know how many times on SSB , while having a chat with a friend, I have had a stateside station break in wanting to exchange information for a "contact" . VE5 is not that an exotic prefix, but some feel it is important to put another notch on their 1KW gun. On the rare occaison that I get busy and try and chase DX, calling CQ DX gets me a bunch of K6 stations trying to answer. Sorry , K6 is NOT dx......... So it is usually bad manners that chase us down below 7100 and 14150., and another reason why I enjoy the digital modes since folks seem to have a higher operating standard and are far more polite John VE5MU
