On 8/13/07, Brett gazdzinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Around here, 80 meters has about 3 qso's on the entire band > in the daytime, so what is the problem running essb or other modes? > > Its bad and rude to operate in a wide mode when bands are > crowded, that's a given, but to say something is bad and > cant ever be done below 28 MHz seems wrong. >
That's because the D layer absorption means your signals on 80m won't travel very far at that time of day. If you live in a rural area there may not be many stations on the air within reach at that time. It might not be the same in a densely populated area, though. Unfortunately it's hard to make rules that allow something to be done only when it doesn't affect something else. Once you start to condone wide band modes on the LF and HF bands people will use them whether the bands are crowded or not. -- Julian, G4ILO K2 s/n: 392 K3 s/n: ??? G4ILO's Shack: www.g4ilo.com Ham-Directory: www.ham-directory.com _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
