Peter W2IRT wrote:
The *really* interesting thing is what's going to happen on 40 metres in a few years from now. Will there be a common SSB DX frequency on 40 when everybody outside region 2 gets 7100 to 7200? The broadcasters are leaving in 2009, and a few countries have the new 100 kHz already (the UK gets it Nov. 1st). Since we still can't use 7100 to 7150 for SSB (I hope this changes, frankly), it looks as if everything's going to be compressed into the top 50 kHz of 40M.
ARRL is asking FCC to give the Lower 48 'phone rights down to 7125, so the overlap with Europe would become 75KHz. That's the good news.
The bad news is that there are a lot of entrenched nets between 7150-7200, and a lot of people (including some in ARRL) who don't consider 40M SSB as a DX band. Unless ARRL proposes most or all of 7125-7200 as a "Gentleman's Agreement" DX segment, like 3790-3800, there will be horrendous fights when the Europeans get going there. In fact, unless we get a significant DX Window there, I think the present situation working split is much better.
John, NT5C.
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